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DECRETA

CONCILII PROVINCIALIS

PHILADELPHIENSIS I

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Romae, die 18 Septembris, 1886.

alis Phi,^Lb: ilgatUm mitt ° exeniplar decretorum Concilii Provinci-

188 °’ CeIebrati et a S - Cbngregatione de

ab annex^Decreto ' et exemtd/^' 1 ” ^ ^ " reC ° gniti > Utl

de habendn CnnrT nt • lp ari a PParet. Cum tamen eo tempore

tio,!r Deted uor° Baltimorcnsi 111 s ™° «>«. ab execu-

respondeiuibus^ B 0 animo^en^s° VlnClaliS addit ' S adnotationibus capitibus

currum fTh T* C ° nCilii PhiIadeI P hi ^ habiti, notanda haec oc-
tatur f'A , ‘ erUn ‘ 3nte PubKcationem ordinanda. Praemit-

tatur Epistola convocatona, attestatio de profession fidei peracta ab

Ep.seop 15 ‘extus ipsius professions, Decretum de mode vivendi in
Synodo°’ d^ "T . P rae >udicando, de non discedendo, de aperienda

seauentih c r . Concilio desint, videant Episcopi ut in

bales processus "dt a prov,nclal,bus edantur. His vero addantur ver-
• P duarum postremarum Sessionum. Quod vero spectat

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itcrmi precor Deuni ut te quam diutissime salvet ac hospitet.

Ad officia paratissimus,
Joannes Card. Simeoni Praefectus.
R. P. D. Patritio Joanni Ryan,

Archiepiscopo Philadelphiensi.

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D., Archiep. Tyren.

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examen rcvocata fmssent Acta ct Decreta Concilii •

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ca rccognovcrunt, ac nonnullis correctionibns appositi ■
vise runt.

Hanc vero Sacrac Congregationis sententiam cum i fl f r
scriptus eiusdem Sacri Consilii Secretarius, in Audientia hub if
die 5 Augusti eiusdem anni SSmo Domino Nostro Lconi }'/>
XIII. rctulisset, Sanctitas Sua approbare dignata est eademqu -
super re Decretum expediri iussit. Attenta vero imminent i
cclebrationc Concilii Plenarii Baltimorensis, eiusdem exeat -
tionem ad presentem diem dijferri placuit.

Datum Romae ex Acdibus Sacrae Congregationis de Propa-
ganda Fide die 1 Sept. 1886.

Joannes Card. Simeoni Praefectus.

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D. Archiep. Tyren.

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DECRETA

i.

Ouocl Divinae Providentiae omnia sapienter disponentis
consilio semper contingere solet, ut novi, qui oriuntur aut
ingiavescunt errores, Pastorum Catholicorum ac praecipuc
Summi Pastoris provida cura et vigilantia a fidelium grege
ita propulsentur, ut Catholica veritas in pleniori et clarion
lumine collocetur, id nuper in Vaticano Concilio factum,
et ipsi vidimus ac vehementer laetati sumus. In eodem
enim damnantur novatorum male sentientium commenta,
qui contra venerandae antiquitatis testimonium et priscam
Ecclesiae fidem, vires humanae rationis aut nimis extol-
leie aut iniquius deprimere student; suusque tarn humanae
lationi a Deo conditae quam Dei ipsius revelantis ac docen-
tis imperio honor sancte servandus iubetur. Definitum
veio in eodem Concilio est. quod iam olim docuit Florenti-
num Oecitmenicum, Romanum Pontificem omnium Christi-
<11101 uni Patrem ac Doctorem existere. eidemque in Beato
I etio traditam fuisse ah ipso Christo plenam potestatem
pascendi, regendi et gubernandi universam Ecclesiam.
Jnsuper definitum est Romanum Pontificem non habere
tantummodo officium inspectionis et directions sed plenum
et supremam potestatem jurisdictionis in universam Eccle-
siam non solum in rebus quae ad fidem et mores, sed etiam
in iis quae ad disciplinam et regimen Ecclesiae per totum
orbem diffusae pertinent, neque eum habere tantum potiores
partes, sed totam plenitudinem hujus supremae potestatis,
et hanc ejus ])otestatem esse ordinariam et immediatam,
sive in omnes et singulas Ecclesias, sive in omnes et singu-
los Pastures et fideles. Definitum praeterea est: Romanum
Pontificem cum ex cathedra loquitur, id est. cum omnium
Christianorum Pastoris et Doctoris munere f ungens, pro
suprema sua apostolica auctoritate doetrinam de fide vel

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nioribus al> uni versa Ecclesia tenendam definit, per assisten-
tiam di vinam ipsi in B. Petro promissam ea inf allibilitate
pollere, qua Divinus Redemptor Ecclesiam suam in defini-
enda doctrina cle fide et moribus instructam esse voluit ;
ideoque hujusmodi R. P. definitiones ex sese, non auteni
ex consensu Ecclesiae, irrefragal files esse. Hanc igitur
Catholicae veritatis doctrinam. Nos, quod saepius iam
fecimus, iterum profitemur.

II.

Litterae quoque Encyclicae Romanorum Pontificum, quae
(|Uovis modo spectant ad integritatem fidei atque disci-
plinae conservandam, sununo in honore habendae sunt
totoque cordis et animi affectu excipiendae. Inter has
nuperrimas SS. 1). N. Leonis XIII Litteras de Matrimonio
Christiano atque de Methodo D. Thomae in tradendis
theologicis atque philosophicis disciplinis sive servanda,
sive, ubi neglecta fuerit, revocanda, Clero populoque nostro
commendamus utpote omnibus salutares atque hoc tempore
maxim e opportunas.

III.

Episcoporum nuinus est non solum salutare fidei pabulum
gregibus praebere. sed etiam vigilanter eosdem regere
iuxta prudentiam quae ex lumine fidei percipitur. Hinc
pro rerum temporibus ac fidelium conditione feruntur
leges, (juibus a viis pravis arceantur et ad tram item Christi-
anae veritatis ducantur; hinc habentur Synodi et Con-
cilia in (juibus Ecclesiaruni necessitati collatis consiliis
provideatur. Mine cjuoque E])iscopi huius regionis leges
in prioribus Conciliis latas iterum promulgarunt in Con-
cilio Plenario Baltimorensi Secundo, novasque addiderunt.
Quod Concilium Pius IX sanctae memoriae recognovit,
iussit(jue ut eius Constitutiones ac Decreta ab omnibus, ad
qnos sjiectant, sancte serventur. Ecdesiasticae ergo dis -
ciplinae forniam a praedicto Concilio praescriptam a Clero
populoque huius Provinciae in ]>osterum observandam esse
declaramus. Declaranius quoque praetcr Concilii praedicli

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constituta servandam esse Instructionem Sac. Congr. de
Propaganda Fide, die 26 Iulii 1878 datam, cuius titulus
est : De modo servando ab Episcopis Foederatorum Amer-
icae Septentrionalis Statuum in cognoscendis et definiendis
causis criminalibus et disciplinaribus Clericorum. Item
aliam declarationem ab eadem Sacra Congregatione datam
de dubiis circa praecedentem Instructionem exortis.*

IV.

Hortamur atque urgemus in Domino singulos huius Pro-
vinciae Sacerdotes, ut sedulo studeant legendis et prout
singulis Ordinariis visum fuerit servandis Constitutionibus
synodalibus Ecclesiae Philadelphiensis ex qua Provincia
haec universa excrevit. Sunt enim magni momenti et
eximiae utilitatis ut diuturna experientia comprobavit.

V.

Cum Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, certain quam-
dam ac definitam agendi rationem statuerit, qua difficul-
tates omnes inter Episcopum suosque Clericos compo-
nendae sunt, decernimus oninern aliam quamcumque
huiusmodi controversias dirimendi viam, nempe, scripta
de rebus controversis vulgando, sive per ephemerides
publicas sive per folia venalia aut volantia damnandam
esse ac reprobandam : et Clericos qui hac agendi ratione
usi fuerint cum scandalo fidelium suique Ordinis dedecore,
sive hoc ipsi per se faciant. sive per alios faciendum curent
censuris ecclesiasticis coercendos esse.

VI.

Monemus b deles lie ineant societatcs secretas, quovis nomine
nuncupatas, quas SS. Pontifices propter graves rationes
vetuerunt, sese adstringentes ad arcana servanda, sive
iureiurando, sive aliter se ohligando, nam foedera huius-
modi clanculum inita, mali suspicionem ct periculum prae
se fern lit, et iusiurandum vel sponsio temere adhibetur

* S. Congregatio aliam substituit Instructionem latam die 31

Octobris, 1884.

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Idcirco monemus Sacerdotes omnes, socios societatum
secretarum a S. Sede proscriptarum majorem excommu-
nicationem incurrere Romano Pontifici reservatam ad
normam Constitutionis Apostolicac Sedis. In casu dubii
an aliqua societas illicita consenda sit, absolutio impertiri
tantum poterit poenitenti postquam ille serio promiserit
se societatem deserturum ubi primum fuerit damnata.*
(Cone. Prov. S. Francisii, a. 1875.)

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Bona ecclesiastica in fidelium utilitatem ac bonuni sancte
custodienda sunt. Districte ergo praecipimus ecclesia-
rum Rectoribus, ut annuam relationem quoad pecunias
quae pro missione proveniunt tam ex scamnorum loca-
tione quam ex collectis quae bunt sive singulis Dominicis
diebus sive aliis temporibus, aut ex alio capite, quotannis
circa mensis Ianuarii finem ad Episcopum transmittant.f
f Simul hortamur et monemus Presbyteros omnes ut testa -
mentum confidant. ne. ipsis mortuis, gravia mala et
scandala oriantur.fl

VIII.

Dolendum est scholas publicas quas potestas civilis in bac
regione instituit, quaeque civium omnium etiam Catholi-
corum censu et decumis sustentantur, eiusmodi fere
ubique esse, ut eas Inventus Catholica adire vix possic
sine animae periculo. Curent igitur totis viribus Rec-
tores animarum ut ubicumque constituantur scholae paro-
chiales, in quibus una cum bonis litteris Catholicae fulei et
bonorum nioruni rudimenta tradantur.|| Ubi vero hoc

fieri nequit, saltern operam det Parochus ut pueros et

* Dccrctum lioc fere totum iam in Plcnario II Baltim. habetur
Tit. XII De Soc. Sec. Nuni. 513. De dispositionibus Concilii IT
Baltim., vide notam in Appendice.
t Concil. PI. Ill Balt., n. 272.
t Cf. t one. PI. Baltim. Ill, n. 277.

II t'f. Cone. PI. Balt. Ill, n. 199.

puellas suae congregationis fideliter ac saepe saepius
Catholica doctrina imbuat et eosdem turn ipse sua vigil-
antia. turn opera parentum a periculo proximo perversionis
fidei ac morum praemuniat.

IX.

Quoniam monente Sacrosancto Concilio Tridentino* oportet
Clericos vestes proprio congruentes Ordini semper defer re,
ut per decentiam habitus extrinseci morum honestatem
intrinsecam ostendant. iterum sancimus et confirmamus
ea quae in Synodo Tertia Philadelphiensif iam constituta
sunt, nem])e ut ad talaris vestis formam exteriorem vestem
quam per vicos gerunt accedere curent, ita ut infra genua
descendat. et omnes saeculares modos, praesertim indusia
in pectore patentia sedulo evitent.J

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(Juum Sacerdotes, ut loquuntur Sancti Patres, sal terrae
fuerint a Christo Domino constituti, per quos peccatorum
quodammodo condiendi sint et exstinguendi putores, ||
oportet ut in omnibus nos praebeamus exemplum bonorum
operum in doctrina. in integritate, in gravitate, If non solum
quidem ut Christi ])opulum a noxiis excessibus et saeculi
huius vanitatibus verbo et exemplo retrahamus, sed etiam
ut ii qui ex adverso sunt vereantur, nihil habentes mali
dicere de nobis. § Abhorreant igitur omnes huius Provin-
ciae Ecdesiastici in sacris Ordinibus constituti ab omnibus
huius saeculi profanis ludis et oblectamentis et maxime a
spectaculis scemcis. Quod si quis Ordinis sui ac dignitatis
immemor, huiusmodi spectaculis in theatro publico inter-
esse praesumpserit, sciat se poena suspensionis Ordinarii
arbitrio puniendum.

* Cone. Trident. Sess. XIV de Reform. Cap. 6, Quia vero.
t Syn. Philad. Ill Const. IV.
t Cf. Cone. Plcn. Balt. Ill, n. 77.

II Augustinus dc Serin. Domini Cap. VI. 17.

If Tit. II, 7.

§ Ibid, 8.

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XI.

Niceni Patres, Sacerdotum virtuti ct famae consulentes,
mulieies nullas cum illis habitare permiserunt praeter
niatrem aut sororem ant amitam in quibus naturale foedus
nilnl permittit saevi criminis suspicari.* Omnino vero,
Sacei dotes huius Provinciae monitos volumus, ut curent,
eas tantum sibi ancillas seligere quarum aetas provecta et
lama illibata omnem suspicionem amoveat. Et hac in re
oneratur conscientia Ordinarii.

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XII.

Ouamvis usus qui invaluit, pecuniae in ecclesiarum bonum
colligendae ex festivitatilms quae vulgo Fairs, Picnics,
hxatrsians vocantur, hactenus ut optaremus eliminari
liondum potuerit, omnino tamen sancimus, ne recurratur
ad huiusmodi festivitates, nisi Pastor animarum simul
sedulo adhibeat curas onines et remedia, quibus arceantur
mala et pericula quae, experientia teste, liasce festivitates
comitantur. Diligenter attendat ad ea quae, hac in re,
sapientissime praescripsit Consilium Plenarium Balti-
mounsc.j /,.i cwsions vero quas vocant et Picnics, quae
m seram noctem protrahuntur, prorsus reprobamus ac
prohibenius.t

XIII.

Mon emus Sacerdotes onines. et praesertim eos, qui curam
^cni nt animarum. ut choreas immodestas, quae quotidic
ma ^ ls masque frequentantur, insectentur ac prorsus
damnent. Moneant insuper II deles, quantum non solum
m J)eum. verum in societatem ct familiam, seipsos denique
n I fend ant, qui choreis hi see vel operam dant, vel saltern
praesentia sua favere videntur. Parentes praecipue doce-
ant. quam gravis iudicii rei fiant, si tenellam filiorum ac
fiharum aetatem puritatis et animi candoris amittendi

*Pap. A. Nobis. Con. III. Nicen.

'•Pone. Balt im. Plenar. II. n. 396.

± Dispositio circa hos conventus aliquatenus
Pone. Pic n. Balt. I IT. n . 290.

innmitata cst in

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periculo obiiciant, ut hoc mode diaboli laqueis incauti
irretiantur.

XIV.

Catholici haereticorum templa invisere ut cultui eorum
adsistant omnino prohibeantur. Ab haereticorum etiam
concionibus audiendis prorsus abstineant, et eorum libros
de rehgione tractantes numquani legant. Gravissima
omnino aniniadversione digni sunt, qui horum cultui sive
canendo sive organa pulsando operam suam commodare
audent. Nos plane indignos putamus qui Sacramentorum
Ecclesiae participes bant.

XV.

Ad abusus qui niultis in locis invaluerunt eliminandos de-
tennmus ut nullo modo gas, quod vocant, aut olea aliena,
sed tantummodo, quod F.cclesia praescripsit, oleum ex
ol.v.s adhibeatur ubique in templis et sacellis coram Sanc-
tissmio Sacramento. Pariter ecclesiarum Rectores et Mis-
sionanos onines vehem enter hortamur ut, ad usum candelarum
ex ce.a confectarum redire satagant. Etenim necessitas aliam
ad hi bend i matenam non amplius omnibus in locis existere
videtur. O uo d s, in aliqua ecclesia, ea sint rerum adiuncta
ut oleun, ex ohv,s aut candelae cereae aegre co.nparari posse
Mdeantur, non ,pse per se Sacerdos hoc definire praesumat
sed Ordinarii sententiam exquirat ac sequatur.

Eg °; , J C OBUS 1 '' R,DKK!CUS - Archiepiscopus Phila-
clelphiensis, defi-niens subscripsi,

b-go, Gulifxmiis, Ep. Scrantoniensis, definiens
subscripsi,

Ego Jerk mias Erancjsci-s. ICp. I larrisburgensis,
definiens subscripsi.

Ego. I OBI AS. lip. Eriensis, definiens subscripsi.

Ego. Joannks. Ep. Pittsburgensis et Administrator
scdis Allcghaeniensis. definiens subscripsi.

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APPENDIX

(A« Decr. VI.) (*)

Societates secretas hostcm infensissimum Ecdesiae Dei et fuisse
ct esse, declarant non modo monita eorum, qui a Christo positi
fuerunt ad custodiendam Civitate^m Dei, verum etiam confirniant
eventus tristissimi duorum superiorum saeculoruin, multoque magis
status miser rimus ad queni pluribus in locis Ecclesia est redacta. Nec
in societatem rcligiosani tantunimodo, verum etiam in civilem haec
pestis exitiosa invasit ; ac ita civium corda animosque suo lethali
foetore corrupit, lit ipsius Reipublicae viscera penitus infecerit.
Interim autem Romani Pontifices suo muneri non dcfuerunt. Iterum
atque iterum non modo hostem clamarunt, sed praeterea districto
Ecclesiac gladio perculerunt, insidias et consilia in aperto posuerunt,
ct remedia ad malum repellendum opportuna praebuerunt. Eorum
omnium declarationes SS. Dominus Noster Leo XIII, feliciter rcg-
nans. nuperrime in Epistola Encvclica Humanum Genus, sermone
gravi aeque ac diserto collegit et renovavit.

Has igitur Instructiones et Decreta, adeo sapienter a Romanis
Pontificibus edita. ad malum gravissimum a Christi fidelibus arcen-
dum, volumus nullo modo veluti inania haerere suspensa, verum
econtra cadem fortiter applicari, ut morbus iste pestifer e corpore
religioso simul ac civili tandem expellatur. Hunc quoque animum
fuisse Patribus praecedcntis Concilii Balt, ex praeclaro illo titulo
patet, quern de societatibus secrctis ediderunt ; et Nos eorum suc-
cessors et in documents Pontificiis exequendis aemulatores, codem
quo ipsi spiritu ducti. his Nostris decrctis statuimus, supramemorata
Pontificia decreta contra omnes societates a S. Scde damnatas .cum
suo pleno vigore juxta tenorem Constitutionis Apostolicae Scdis et
mentem Sunimorum Pontificum, strenue esse inculcanda atque exccu-
tioni mandanda.

Ncque ad illas tantum >ocietatcs, quae veluti sccta Massonica aut
t arbonaria nominatim damnatae inveniuntur. coarctandae sunt de-
clarationes S. Sedis ; verum etiam ad illas quoque se extendere
intclligantur nccesse est quae, nomine quantumvis omisso, in re
tamen ejusdem sunt generis ac Massonica aut Carbonaria. “Variae
sunt hominum sectae, quae quamquam nomine, ritu, forma, originc

(*) Concil. PI. Balt. Ill, Tit. VIII, Num. 244, ct App., pag. 282.

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differentes, cum tamen communione quadam propositi, summa-
rumque sententiarum similitudine inter sc contineantur, re congruunt
cum secta Massonum, quae cujusdam est instar centri, unde abcunt
et quo redeunt universae.” (Lit. Encyl. Humanum Genus.)

Quod si dubium exoriatur, an aliqua societas a S. Sedc damnata
existat, praecisionc facta modo a censuris, de quibus infra, applica-
tione alterutrius horum principiorum erit rcsolvendum, an saltern sit
vetita.

Si nempe cjusmodi societas aut ita secretum servandum injungat
ut neque auctoritati Ecclesiac illud manifestari sinat ; aut si jusjuran-
dum vel • promissionem caecae absolutaeque obedientiae exigat, ea,
prescindendo etiam a censuris, inter vetitas erit recensenda, atque
adscripti absolutione sacramentali privandi, donee effectu ipso ab ea
penitus recedant, vel saltern se continuo recessuros serio promittant.
Et quoniam Episcopis non solum jus, sed etiam officium inquirendi
inhaeret, omnis societas quae Ordinario interroganti secretum reve-
lari non sinit, ipsi auctoritati Ecclesiae id recusare judicabitur ; et
obedientia ad omnia parata, rci faciendae ratione ct honestate nec
visa nec curata, sine dubio caeca et absoluta erit existimanda.

Hinc patet illas societates jure optimo meritoque fuisse ab Apos-
tolica Sede damnatas. Quid enim magis istis cxitialc in Ecclesiam
aut Statum existere possit? Quid ad omneni malam pestem gener-
andam atque fovendam magis accommodatum ? In eorum enim
conventiculis secretis viri perditi ac callidi pessima quaeque con-
tra bonum reipublicae sacrac et civilis molin' possent, et si Eccle-
siae jus inspiciendi non competeret nullus locus applicandi remedia
esset relictus. Si autem adscripti nil mali in eis agant, exeant e
tenebris. “Qui enim veritatem facit, venit ad lucem. Qui vero male
agit odit lucem.” Ideoquc. si non veniant ad lucem, reputandi sunt
inter homines illos, de quibus Salvator dixit : “Dilexerunt magis
tenebras quam lucem, crant enim mala opera eorum.” (Joan. Ill, 19.)
Hinc declaravit Summus Pontifex Leo XII: “Jusjurandum illud
nefarium, quod jam memoratum est, quodque in ilia etiam inferiori
co-optatione jurari debet, satis per se est. ut intelligatis nefas etiam
esse Ievioribus illis gradibus ascribi, atque in iis versari.” (Litt. App.
Ouo gravi or a.) Nec quis dicat his mediis promoveri progressum
generis huniani. Illud enim genus humanum quod Redemptionis
ipsiusque naturae vi tendit ad unum, ad colligendos scilicet omnes
homines in unam (j nasi familiam veluti totidem fratres sub uno com-
muni Patre, illosque in unum retinendos aretis vinculis apertae sin-
ceritatis, aequae omnibus justitiac, ac universalis amoris ; istud genus
humanum quomodo promovetur, quum videat econtra lacerata sua
membra atque disjecta, homines scilicet ab hominibus secreto divisos,
al> officiis veritatis. justitiac et caritatis aliis alios excludentibus, si
forte inter suos gregales non adnumerentur ? Et ad illam caccam

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absolutamque obcdientiam cjuod attinet, quid unquam magis funestum
cxcogitari posset advcrsus altam dignitatem humanam, rectae rationis
imperium, bonorum niorum ac Reipublicae gerendae fundamental
Qui enim "co-optati sunt promittant ac recipiant necesse est, ducibus
ac magistris se dicto audientcs futuros cum obsequio fidcquc maxima;
ad quemlibet eorum nutum significationcmque paratos imperata fac-
turos ; si sccus feccrint, turn dira omnia ac mortem ipsam non recu-
sare. Revera si qui prodidisse disciplinam vel mandatis restitisse
judicentur, supplicium de eis non raro sumitur, et audacia quideni ac
dexteritate tanta, ut speculatricem ac vindicem scelerum justitiam
sicarius persaepe fallat. Atqui simulare et velle in occulto latere ;
obligare sibi homines tamquam mancipia tenacissimo nexu. nec satis
declarata causa ; alieno addictos arbitrio ad omne facinus adhibere ;
armare ad caedem dextras, quaesita impunitate peccandi, immanitas
quaedam est, quam rerum natura non patitur. Quapropter societa-
tem, de qua loquimur, cum justitia et naturali honestate pugnare,
ratio et veritas ipsa convincit.” (Litt. Encvl. Humana m (Inins.)

Supia ubi de disccrncndis societatibus vetitis agebatur, praescidi-
mus a considerandis simul censuris, ne videremur res distinctas con-
fundcre. (Vide probatos commentatores in Constitutione Apostolicac
S edis.) Scd hoc in loco, incertis relictis, censemus clare definiendas
esse censuras certas et latae sententiae in quas hac societates incur-
rerc possunt.

“ S| qua igitur societas presbyterum proprio marte sibi vindice
ahumve mmistrum cultus, qui rituali ac caeremoniis propriis pro sue
lubito utatur; hoc in casu adscripti etiam censuras contra schismati
cos vel haereticos latas incurrunt. Quae censurae ita enuntiantur ii
(oust. Apostolicac Scdis inter excommunicationes latae sententiae
Romano Pontifici spcciali modo reservatas : "Omnes a Christiam
hde apostatas, et omnes et singulos haereticos, quocumque nomine
censeantur, et cujuscumqtic sectae existant, eisque credentes, eorum-
que receptores, fautores, ac generaliter quoslibet illorum defensores.’
* c nsmaticos. et eos, qui a Romani Pontificis pro tempore existenti?
obedient ia pcrtinacitcr se subtrahunt, vel recedunt.” In compertc
emm est. quamlibet societatem, praeterquatn quod sit secreta, posse
etiam sclusniaticani esse vel haercticam; proindeque omnis societas
quamlo stbt vimlicat presbyterum aliumve ministrum cultus, cun
proprio ritual, ac caeremoniis, non quomodolibet, nec sicuti aliquandc
apml nostrates lit quum preces quaedam in civium conventus reei-
tamttr, sod eo modo quo ipsa societas, pravo sibi fine proposito secta
scbismatiea nut baeretica evadit. jure meritoque i„ censuras supra-
(betas meurrit.

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damnata: et nostri fidelcs

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Omni periculo mali amoveantur, cdoeendi sunt graviterque common-
endi, sedulo ipsis effugiendas esse omnes societates quae quomodo-
cumque fidei aut moribus judicio Ordinarii oflfendiculo esse possint.
Qua de re Summits ipse Pontifcx Episcopis hoc consilium praebet :
“Parcntes, magistri pietatis, curioncs inter Christianac doctrinae
praeceptiones insistant, Vohis auctorihus, opportune commoncre
liberos ct alumnos dc ejusmodi socictatum flagitiosa natura, et ut
mature cavere efts cant artes fraudulentas ct varias, quas eorum propa-
gatores usurpare ad illaqueandos homines consucverunt. Immo qui
adolescentulos ad sacra percipicnda rite erudiunt, non inepte feccrint,
si adducant singulos ut statuant ac recipiant, inscicntibus parentibus,
ant non auctore vel curionc vel conscicntiae judice, nulla sc unquam
socictatc obligaturos.” — (Encyl. cit.)

Quoniam vero non tantum contra fidei puritatem et communionis
ccclcsiasticac unitatem societates sccretae conspirare possunt, verum
etiam contra legitimas potestates maebinari, idcirco Sedes Apostolica
baruni incolumitati consulens, excommunicationi latae sententiae,
Romano Pontifici reservatac, subjacere declaravit : “Nomen dantes
sectae Massonicae aut Carbonariae, aut aliis cjusdem generis sectis,
quae contra Ecclesiam vel legitimas potestates, scu palam scu clan-
destine machinantur, necnon eisdem sectis favorem qualemcumque
praestantes, earumvc occultos corypliacos ac duces non denuntiantes,
donee non denuntiaverint.” Ergo hac etiam censura societates
sccretae innodari possunt et merito; “non cst enim potestas nisi a
Deo: quae autem sunt, a Deo ordinatae sunt. Itaque qui rcsistit potes-
tati, Dei ordinationi rcsistit, qui autem resistunt, ipsi sibi damna-
tioncm acquirunt.' 1 (Rom. xiii. 1. 2.)

Has igitur censuras declaramus, nullo modo aut tacendas aut
dissimulandas esse scd econtra manifeste promulgandas atque in rcos
urgendas lit tiniore salutari fidelcs in officio contineantur, deceptione
aut infirmitate lapsi ad mcliorem frugent revocentur et contumaces
tandem veluti oves infectac ex ovili cjiciantur.

Dcmiiiu, hie opportunum ducimus in mentem fidelium revocare
monita salutaria quae Patres superioris Concilii Plenarii titulo Dc
Societal tints Secret is, No. 519, dedcrunt circa societates quasdam de
(luaruni liccitate questio aliquando mota fuit. “Quibus accurate
perpensis. Nobis quidem nulla apparet ratio, oh quam probibitio
Ecclesiac adversus Massonicam aliasque occultas scctas, ad illas
extend*. tur operariorum sodalitates, quas non constat aliud sibi pro-
poncre (|uam sociorum in propria arte cxercenda mutuam tutelam ac
juvamen. C avendum tamcn, ne sub hoc praetcxlu quidpiam admit-
tatur, (|uod sectis danmatis faveat ; neve operarii cjni bis societatibus
nomeii dant, pravis subdolisque nialorum bomimmi artibus indu
cantur, ut contra justitiac leges laborem ah ipsis debitum subtrahant,
vel alio quovis modo eorum. quibus subjiciuntur, jura laedant. * * *

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■ Hi etiam coetus prorsus illicit; sunt, in quibus ita arcto focdcre in
mutuam'defensioneni conjunguntur socii. ut exintle oriatur turbarun,
vel caedium pcriculum.”

Ouum porro videndum erit, an aliqua societas cadat sub una ex
classdbus indicatia, primo quidem inquira.it Episcopi, «vc per se sive
p “ prudent^ auditis ducibus, coryphaei, ve. sees praecipuis
omnia ad .11am association spectantia, dem singula msp.cia
matureque considere.it, ut judicium cerium de ca proferatur jux
principia super exposita et si quid deprehenden.it ^ mnat ‘°“
num, inspiciant ultcrius utrum ex ipsius societal., nature Provemat.
an vero cx quibusdam temporum, locorum aut personarum circu
stantiis cum socictate conjunctis. “Nolumus en.m, s.cut ja.
decretum fuit in eodem Concilio, No. 520, “ut <n posterum ullus m
hisce provinciis, in quavis ecclesiastica digmtate constitutus, nonu
natim societatem damnet, nisi certo et praeter omne dub.um constet,
cam ex eis esse, quae Constitutionibus Pontificis (aut ab.s docu-
mentis Sedis Apostolicae) comprehenduntur.. Si vero eae fuer.n
circumstantiae, ut ultiorem expositionem doctrmae jam trad.tac
postulare videantur, pro ea ‘omnibus adamussim expos.t.s rerum
adjunctis,’ recurrendum esse monemus ad Sanctam Sedem, cuju^
sapientissimo judicio omnes pleno ammo ac corde morem geremus.

Ad praecavendum praetcrea, ne confusio disciplinae habeatur
dum cum magno fidelium scandalo et auctoritatis ecclesiasticae detri-
mento, eadem societas in una dioecesi danmatur, ct in alia toleratur,
nolumus ullam societatem, uti cadentem sub una ex class.bus indi-
catis, nominatim damnari, antequam Ordinarius rem retuler.t ad
Commissionem, quam pro bujusmodi causis judicandis nunc consti-
tuimus et quae constabit ex omnibus Archiepiscopis harum pro-
vinciarum. Quod si societas damnanda omnibus visa non fueri ,
recurrendum erit ad S. Sedem, ut judicium cerium acc.piatur, et
disciplina in nostris provinciis uniforniis scrvetur.

I N STRUCT IO S. R. ET U. INQUISITION IS De SECTA MaSSONUM.

Ad gravissima avertcnda mala a Massonum secta aliisque cx ea
prognat is in Ecclesiam et in omnes civium ordines illata SS. D. N.
Leo XIII sapienti prorsus concilio Encyclicas Litteras Humomwi
Ccmts ad omnes Catholici orbis Episcopos nuperrime declit. Quibus
Litteris earumdem sectarum doctrinas, finern, concilia detegit, curas
Romanorum Pontificum liberandae a tarn nefaria peste humanae
familiae enarrat, easdem sectas, iterum et Ipse damnations et cen-
surae nota inurit simulque docct, qua ratione ct quibus arnus sit
contra illas dimicandum, quibisquc remcdiis. dlatis ab iisdem vul-

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neribus sit medendum. At cum Sanctitati Suae perspectum sit, turn
demum ex curis suis uberes fructus sperandos esse cum in rem tanti
momenti omnium Ecclesiae pastorum opera, concilia, labores unanimi
nisu conferantur, mandavit huic Supremae Congrcgationi S. Romanae
et Universalis Inquisitionis ut quae agenda ipsis pastoribus potissi-
mum essent, apte eisdem proponeret. Quibus Summi Pontificis man-
datis uti par est Eminentissimi Patres una mecum Inquisitores
gcnerales morem gerentes, omnibus Episcopis aliisque locorum Ordi-
nariis banc Instructioncm dandam esse censuerunt.

1°. Imprimis peroptans clemcntissimus Pontifex animarum saluti
prospicere, vestigia sequutus Salvatoris nostri Jesu Cbristi, qui non
venit vocare justos sed peccatores ad poenitentiam, paterna voce, eos
omnes, qui Massonicae aliisque damnatis sectis nomen dedere, ad
detergendas animae sordes et ad divinac misericordiae sinum pera-
manter invitat. In hunc finem, eadem usus benignitate, qua ejus
Decessor Leo XII. ad integrum anni spatium post rite vulgatas supra
memoratas Apostolicas Literas in unaquaque dioecesi, suspendit turn
obligationem denunciandi earundem sectarum occultos coryphacos et
duces, turn etiam reservationem censurarum, peculiarem facultatem
conccdendo omnibus confcssariis ab Ordinariis locorum approbatis,
ut eos qui verc resipuerint ct sectas deseruerint, ab iisdem censuris
absolvere et Ecclesiae rcconciliare valeant. Erit igitur sacrorum
Praesulum hanc Pontificis Maximi benignitatem fidelibus suae fidei
concreditis nunciare. Facerent autem rem pastorali sua sedulitate
dignam si hoc vertente anno, quern clementiae peculiari modo addic-
tum vult Pontifex, sacris exercitationibus, missionum in morem, oves
suas ad aeternas veritatcs meditandas, et spiritum rectum innovan-
dum excitarent.

2°. Mens porro cst ejusdem Sanctitatis Suae, ut Encyclicae Lit-
tcrae quam diligcntissime evulgentur, quo facilius omnes Cbristi
fidele*. intelligant, quam dirum inter eos venenum serpat, quantaque
eos eorumque prolem pcrnicies maneat, nisi tempestive sibi caveant.
Turn sollertissima ct impensissima opera danda erit, ut remedia tarn
(|iia-.- a Pontificc proponuntur, quam quae propria cuiusque prudentia
suascrit, adhibeantur. Primum omnium excitare in banc rem oportet
industriam scdulitatcmque parochorum ; deinde adsciscenda genera-
tim eorum opera cst, quibus a bonorum omnium largitore Deo facul-
tas dicendi aut scribendi tributa est, vel quibus divini verbi annun-
ciandi vel Christianae plebis a culpis expiandae, vel etiam iuventutis
instituendae cura demandata fucrit, ut ct ipsi labores suos conferant
ad detegenda Massonum, aliarumque damnatarum societatum impia
placita et infanda molimina ct ad reducendos in viam salutis eos, qui
sive temcrc ct incaute sive consulto ct cogitato ad cas accesserint,
atque ad illos praemonendos qui nondum in car uni laqueos inciderunt.

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3°. Nc quis vero crrori locus fiat, cum dijudicandum crit, quaenam
cx li is perniciosis scctis censurae, quae vero prohibitioni tantum ob-
noxiae sint, certum imprimis est, excommunicatione latae sententiae
mulctari Massonicam aliasque ejus generis scctas quae c. 2 N. IV.
Pontificiae Constitution^ Apostolicae Sedis designantur, quaeque
contra Ecclesiam vel legitimas potestates maebinantur sive id clam,
sive palam fecerint, sive egcrint sive non, a suis asseclis secreti
servandi iuramentum.

4°. Praetcr istas sunt et aliae sectac probibitae atque sub gravis
culpae reatu vetandae, inter quas praecipue recensendae illae onines,
<|uae a sectatoribus sccretum nemini pandendum et oninimodani
obedientiam occultis ducibus praestandam iureiurando exigunt.
Animadvertendum insuper est, adesse nonnullas societates quae, licet
certo statui nequeat, pertineant necne ad has (juas memoravimus,
dubiac tamen et periculi plenae sunt, turn ob doctrinas quas profiten-
tur, turn ob agendi rationem quam sequuntur ii, quibus ducibus ipsae
coaluerunt et reguntur. Ab bis etiam sacrorum Antistites, quibus
germana (Christ i fides et morum integritas maximae curae esse debet,
noverint oves suas deterrendas et arcendas esse, et eo quidem dili-
gentius, quod ob servatam ab iisdem quandam honestatis speciem
corruptelae periculum quod in ipsis latet, difficilius a simplicibus
praesertim bominibus et adolesccntibus persentiri et praecaveri
poterit.

5°. Rem proinde facient sacri Pastores suis ovibus apprime utilem
et Sanctitati Suae perjucundam, si practer commune et usitatum con-
cionandi genus, quod omnino retinendum est, illud adiungent, quod
defendendis Catholicis veritatibus adhiberi solct et aptissimum cst
pronigandis erroribus, quos latius et maximo cum animarum detri-
mento bodie disseminari Apostolicae Litterae Humamtm Genus deplor-
ant. Quod quidem concionandi genus turn erit Cbristianae plebi salu-
berrimum, cum refutatis erroribus, Cbristianae doctrinae vim, praes-
tantiam et utilitatem dilucide et ordine cxplanabit et a more m erga
Catholicam Ecclesiam quae eandem doctrinam integram incorrupt-
a tuque servat, in animis auditorum excitabit.

6°. Cum vero vaferrimis sectarum artibus fraudibusque ado
lescentes, paupercs artifices et operarii facilius all ici et capi soleant
ad bos etiam peculiares curae sunt convcrtendae. Atque ad inventutem
quod attinet, adnitendum summopere est, ut a teneris annis tarn intra
domesticos parictcs, quam in templis et in sebolis ad Cbristianam
fidem, Cbristianosque mores accurate informetur et mature doceatur,
qua ratione sibi ab insidiis tenebricosarum sectarum cavere debeat, ne
si in earum laqueos incident, sit ipsi impostcrum tarn iniquis dominis
maximo cum aeternae salutis et bumanac dignitatis detrimento tur-
pissime serviendum. Iuvenum incolumitati perbenc consultum crit si
cx iis conflatae fuerint societates, quae a Beatissima Virgine above

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coelesti Patrono nomen sumpserint. In bis coetibus veluti in pala-
cstris, si praesertim iis praeficiantur Sacerdotes laicique homines
sapientia et dexteritate praestantes, adolescentes animum sument vir-
tutibus colendis et religioni aperto ore, contcmptis impiorum irrisioni-
bus, profitendae, simulque assuesccnt borrere quidquid a Catholica
veritate et sanctitate alienum sit.

7°. Perutile etiam est, bine patres. illinc matresfamilias fraterno
foederc coniungerc cum in fincm ut viribus unitis aeternae propriac
sobolis saluti rectaeque institutioni aptius studere et cfficacius con-
sulerc possint. Plures bujus generis consociationes hue illuc inductae
sunt, sive de viris sive de feminis agatur, quae Coelitis alicuius
tutelae sesc commiserunt, et laetissimos religionis ac pietatis fructus
edunt.

8°. De artificibus autem et operants, inter quos potissimum
delectus haberi solet ab iis, quibus vel ipsa religionis et societatis
fundamenta convellere propositum est. ponant sibi ante oculos sacro-
rum Antistites prisca ilia collegia fabrum, vel artificum universitates
aut sodalitates quae adscito sibi coelesti Patrono antcactis temporibus
praeclaro fuerunt civitatibus ornamento et artibus sive politioribus
sive bumilioribus incremento. Hos aliosque coetus cx iis etiam
bominibus qui mercaturae negotiis vel bumanioribus disciplinis sese
dediderunt, iterum excitabunt, in quos qui coiverint religionis officia
sedulo edocebuntur et obibunt, et una simul in bumanis necessitati-
bus, quas ferre aut corporis aegritudo aut senium aut paupertas solet,
mutuo sibi sint auxilio. Qui bis coetibus praesunt, sedulo advigila-
bunt ut socii morum probitate, operum aflFabre effingendorum peritia,
laborum ferendorum docilitate et assiduitate maxime commendentur,
quo facilius, quae ad vitam sunt necessaria, sibi parare queant. Ncc
detrectabunt iidem Antistites buiusmodi socictatibus advigilare, leges
proponcrc aut adprobare, gratiam divitum conciliare, patrocinio suo
eas prosequi, ope iuvarc.

9°. Neque pcculiarcm eorum curam fugict mirabilis ilia precnm ct
orenun societas quae nonnullis in locis nata. in aliis iam adolescere
foepit. Curandum sumnio studio cst, ut in banc adscribantur quot-
quot rectc de religione sentiunt. Nam cum ei propositum sit. generali
quadam animorum consensionc in universa qua late patet Catholica
Lcclcsia, religionis ac pietatis opera fovcrc et amplificare, divinacque
nubgnationi placandae assiduc studere, facile intelligitur quantae ea
miseris bisce temporibus futura sit utilitati. Ex precandi autem
formulis cam Episcopi commendabunt maxime, quae a Deiparac
Rosano nomen habet, quamque tamquam pracstantissimam amplis-
s,m,s Ia «dil>us baud ita pridem Sanctissimus Dominiis Noster prose-
cutus est et impensissime inculcavit. Inter opera vero pietatis ea
e igant, quae obiri ab iis solent qui tertium S. Francisci Ordinem
profitentur, inter quos sicut et inter sodales S. Vincentii a Paulo vel

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Marianos quo plurcs fieri poterit conscribendos curabunt ut prae-
clarissnna opera quae tanto cum Catholici orbis plausu et animarum
iructu ab iisdem peraguntur latius in dies nianent.

1°°- °P Unnnn Unique factu esset, si ubi id locorum et personarum
a diu net a siverint, Catholicae scientiarum Academiae excitarentur,
dlique perutiles conventus sen Congressus, uti vocant, haberentur, ad
quos unius vel plurium regionum lectissinii homines deputarentur,
eosque praesentia sua sacrorum Antistites honestare non dedigna-
rentur, ut simul consilia rci Catholicae provehendae sub eorum
auspicus iniri, et quae turn huic turn publicae utilitati magis con-
ferunt, statui possent. Neque abs re esset, si qui sibi provinciain
dcpoposcerunt assiduis scriptis et lucubrationibus defendendi Dei et
Ecclcsiae iura, et recidendi novos qui in dies subolescunt errores et
cavillationes, sonata agminc , Episcopis ducibus, dimicarent. Fieri enim
non potest, quin, si vires onines quae vividae adhuc, Deo opitulantc
m hcclesia vigent valentque in idem consenserint, uberrimi referan-
tur fructus ad hodiernam hominum societatcm ab exitiali iniquarum
sectarum contagione vindicandam et in Christi libertatem asserendam.

11°. Quae hactenus proposita sunt, baud ita facile optatum finem
assequentur nisi vires uniantur ac proinde nisi Archiepiscopi cum
Mi.s suffragan cis una consuluerint, et statuerint, quid facto opus sit,
u Suprenn Fastens desidcriis obsecundetur. Cuius, sicut et Supremi
umi.scc ongi egationis, m votis cst ut corum singuli quantocius
renuntient, et imposterum quoties statum describent dioeceseon, referre
uc praetermittant, quid quisque vel singillatim vel una cum suis in

'-piscopatu collegis egerint, et quern exitum eorum studia sortita
iuerint.

Datum Romae ex Cancellaria S. O. die 10 Maii 1884.

Raphael Card. Monaco.

SYNODUS DIOECESANA PH1LADELPHIENS1S IX

HABITA

Die Vigesima Sexta Aprilis, A. D. 1934,

In Sacello Sti. Martini, Overbrook,

PRAESIDE

EMO. AC RMO. D. CARD. DOUGHERTY,

ARCHIEPPO. PHILADELPHIENSI.

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I.

Decreta Concilii Plenarii Baltimorensis Tertii, necnon Con-
cilii Provincialis Philadelphiensis Primi, quatenus Codicis juris
Canonici legislation! non sint contraria, in hac synodo iterum
promulgantur.

Hi see presentibus statutis omnia Praedecessorum Nostrornm
statuta dioecesana, necnon Nostramet decreta, eis exceptis quae
in hac synodo habeantur, abrogamus.

Horum decretorum latinus textus et anglicus eadem gaudent
auctoritate.

II.

o) Collationes theologicae ter in anno, secundis diebus Mar-
tis mensium Januarii, Aprilis, et Octobris, bora tertia pomeri-
diana, in Sacello Cathedrali, Philadelphiae, habeantur; pro
Comitatuum autem Schuylkill et Carbon decanatu in schola a
Sancto Hieronymo, J am aquae, hora secunda pomeridiana cum
dimidio, diebus Jovis proxime sequentibus habeantur.

/' ) Omnes dioecesis sacerdotes saecnlares, et omnes religiosi
qui cm am animarum habent, vel quibus facultas confessiones
in dioecesi audiendi concessa est, si in propriis domibus non
habeantur collationes, dioecesanis interesse tenentur.

c ) Sacerdotes, qui sine ratione sufficient contumaciter a col-
lationibus theologicis abesse persistunt, pro arbitrio Ordinarii
puniantur; si vero fuerint religiosi, qui dioecesis facilitates
habent. non autem curam animarum, ( )rdinarius eos ab audi-
endis saecularium confessionibus suspendat.

III.

a) Nisi ab Ordinario, vel ab eo qui Ordinarii vices gerit,
expiesse fuerit exemptus. unusquisque hujus dioecesis sacerdos
saeculai is interesse tenetur cleri saecu laris communibus excr-
citiis spii itualibus. quae initium habebunt nocte feriae secundae.
nec I mem habebunt nisi sabbato sequenti post Missam, diebus
ab Ordinario singulis annis determinandis.

Omnes exercitia spiritualia facientes, unicuique cxercitio
sine exceptione interesse tenentur. excepto illo qui expresse
fuerit a Praeside excusatus.

o

T.

In this Synod the Decrees of the Third Plenary Council of
Baltimore, and of the First Provincial Council of Philadelphia
are again promulgated, in so far as they are not opposed to the
legislation of the Code of Canon Law.

Bv these present Statutes We revoke all the diocesan
Statutes of Our predecessors and all Our own decrees, except
those found in this Synod.

The Latin and English texts of these Statutes are of equal
authority.

II.

a) Theological Conferences shall be held three times each
year, at three p. m., on the second I uesdays of January, April
and October, in the Cathedral Chapel. Philadelphia; for the
Deanery of Schuylkill and Carbon Counties, rheological Con-
ferences shall be held in St. Jerome's School, Tamaqua, at two
thirty p. m., on the Thursdays following the said second Tues-
days.

b) All secular priests of the dioce.se; and all religious, who
have the care of souls, or to whom the faculty of hearing con-
fessions in the diocese has been granted, if they have no con-
ferences in their own houses, are bound to attend.

c) Priests who, without good reason, persist contumaciously
in absenting themselves from the Theological Conferences shall
be punished at the discretion of the Ordinary; if they be reli-
gion', who have the faculties of the diocese, but not the care
of souls, the Ordinary shall suspend them from hearing the
confessions of seculars.

III.

a) Unless expressly exempted by the Ordinary or his repre-
sentative, every secular priest of this diocese must attend
annually the common retreat of the secular clergy, which will
begin on a Monday night and not end until after the Mass on
the following Saturday morning, on dates to be determined each
year.

b) All making the retreat must attend each exercise without
exception, unless expressly excused by the presiding officer,

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c ) Nemini licebit a loco exercitiorum abire ante Missam
sabbato celebratam, nisi a Praesicle expresse fuerit excusatus.

IV.

a) Clerici in ecclesia et domi vestem talarem deferre de-
bent ; vestes autem forenses debent esse nigri coloris, et statui
ecclesiastico congruentes.

b) Clerici saeculares prohibentur interesse, sive intra sive
extra sanctuarium, functionibus ecclesiasticis, nominatim exse-
qiiiis, receptionibus religiosis, matrimoniis in ecclesia celeb ratis.
processionibus, nisi habitu talari et superpelliceo induti, et biret-
tam ad manum habentes. Praelati et religiosi qui istis func-
tionibus interfuerint, vestes chorales nsuales. dignitati vel com-
munitati proprias, deferant.

V.

a) Hujus dioecesis sacerdotes monentur ut tanquam famu-
las seligant illas solas nuilieres quarum aetas provectior specta-
taque morum honestas omnem scandali suspicionem praecludant.

b) Ordinarii est judicare in casibus particularibus an con-
ducere vel retinere mulierem oeconoman, vel aliam famulam,
foret scandali causa, vel quoquo modo minus conveniens ; et, si
necessarium censeat, prohibere ne eaedem conducantur vel
retineantur.

VI.

a) Unusquisque hujus dioecesis sacerdos saecularis. etiam
si sit vicarius cooperator, suum testamentum conficere debet.
ne dissentiones aut lites post suam mortem oriantur.

b) Parochi et vicarii oeconomi. in annua relatione ad Ordi-
narium, juxta ejusdem relationis formulam indicent ubi sua
testamenta et suorum vicariorum cooperatorum inveniri possint.

VII.

a) Reditus Societatis Cleri Auxiliatricis adhibeantur in
utilitatem pauperum sacerdotum benemeritorum, qui senectute,
labore, aegritudine, vel infirmitate confecti sunt; et etiam ad
sustendandos sacerdotes lapsus, qui spem dant emendationis,
scandalum datum reparant atque in domo religiosa, vel in alio
loco ab Ordinario designato, manent.

c) No one may leave the retreat until after the Mass on
Saturday, unless expressly excused by the presiding officer.

IV.

a) Clerics must wear the cassock in the church and rectory ;
their street dress must be of black color and becoming the eccle-
siastical state.

b) Secular clerics are forbidden to take part, within or with-
out the sanctuary, in Church functions, specifically in funerals,
religious receptions, marriages in church, and processions, unless
wearing cassock and surplice, and provided with biretta. Prel-
ates and religious shall wear on these occasions the usual choir
costume proper to their rank or community.

V.

a) Priests of this diocese are warned to select as their
domestics those women only, whose maturer years and un-
blemished reputation preclude all suspicion of scandal.

b) It is the Ordinary’s prerogative to decide in individual
cases whether the employment or retention of a housekeeper or
other female servant may be the cause of scandal, or otherwise
undesirable, and, if he deem it necessary, to forbid the engage-
ment or retention of the same.

VI.

a) Every secular priest of the diocese, including assistant
rectors, must make his will, lest dissensions or litigation arise
after his death.

b) Rectors and administrators of parishes, in making their
annual report to the Ordinary, shall, in accordance with the
formulary of that report, indicate where their wills and those
of their assistants may be found'.

VII.

a) The Clerical Relief Fund shall be used for the benefit
of worthy poor priests, who are incapacitated by age, labor,
sickness, or infirmity; also for the support of erring priests,
who, affording hope of reformation and repairing the scandal
given, remain in a religious house or other place designated by
the Ordinary.

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b) Cum parochus, vicarius oeconomus, vicarius cooperator,
praefectus, capellanus, vel m agister clericus a Societate Cleri
Auxiliatrice subsidium consuetum sacerdoti inhabili concessum
accipit. ad salarium suum eodem tempore jus non babet.

VIII.

a) Parochus, aut vicarius oeconomus, aut vicarius coopera-
tor paroeciae erectae in utilitatem eorum, qui idiomate di verso
ab anglico utuntur, Sacramenta administrare poterit, aliaque
sacerdotalia officia peragere pro suis ipsius subjectis, quamvis
bi intra limites paroeciae pro utentibus anglica lingua resideant.

b) Decernimus familiam (exceptis filiis majoribus, qui pro
suo arbitrio electionem ipsi facere possint) ad illam pertinere
paroeciam, quam paterfamilias pro se suisque legitime elegerit.

c) Praecipimus praeterea ut observetur Decretum Sacrae
C ongregationis de Propaganda Fide, a Reverendissimo Delegato
Apostolico die mensis Maii 12, anno 18 ( )7, publici juris factum:

C atholicos qui in America nati non sunt, qui tamen
linguam Anglicam noscunt, jus habere membra fieri illius
ecclesiae in qua Anglica lingua in usu est, nec obligari
|)osse ad sese subjiciendos jurisdictioni Rectoris ecclesiae
erectae pro populo linguam propriae nationis loquente.

“bilios ex parentibus non-americanis linguam ab
Anglica diversam loquentibus in America natos non
teneri, cum emancipati sint, ad sese jungendos quasi-
pa roeci a e ad quam pertinent parentes. sed jure frui sese
uniendi ]>aroeciae in qua regionis lingua sen Anglica
adhibetur.”

d) Decernimus, exceptis casibus particularibus, in quibus
aliud expresse ab Ordinario caveatur, illos, quorum sermo
nativus non sit anglicus quique quattuor mi Ilia a propriae lin-
guae ecclesia habitent, pertinere ad paroeciam linguae anglicae
illius loci in quo resideant. "Hu jus ecclesiae parochus, vel vica-
i ius oeconomus. tenetur arcessere, saltern bis in anno, sacerdo-
tem eorum linguae gnarum. ut peccata confiteri queant.

TX.

TIisce presentibus omncs hujus dioecesis vicarios coopera-
toics prescriptionibus canonis 476 Codicis Juris Canonici

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b) When a rector, administrator, assistant, superintendent,
chaplain, or clerical teacher receives from the Clerical Relief
bund the usual subsidy granted to an incapacitated priest, he is
not entitled to his salary at the same time.

VIII.

a) A rector, or administrator, or assistant of a foreign-
language parish may administer the sacraments to, and perform
other priestly functions for, those, who belong to his parish,
even though they live within the limits of an English-speaking
parish.

b) We decree that the family (excepting children of age
who may choose for themselves) belongs to the parish, which
the father lawfully chooses for himself and his subjects.

c) We command, also, the observance of the Decree of the
Sacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith, made
known by the Most Reverend Apostolic Delegate on Mav 12
1897 :

Catholics, who were not born in America, but who
know the English language, have the right to become
members of that church in which English is spoken; nor
tan the) be forced to subject themselves to the jurisdic-
tion of the Rector of the church established for people
speaking the language of their own nation.

Children, born in America of non-American parents
speaking a tongue other than English, are not obliged,
w . he ” t, l ie y become of age, to join the quasi-parish to
winch their parents belong, but have the right to join a
pansh in which the tongue of the country, that is, the
English tongue, is used.”

(!) We decree that, except in particular cases in which it
' s ex l>ressly enjoined otherwise by the Ordinary, those whose
mother tongue is a foreign language and who dwell four miles

, * Way fl '° m a church of their own language, belong to the

English-speaking parish of the place in which they live. The
rector, or administrator, of the latter church is bound to bring
1,1 ; at least twice a year, a priest who knows their language, in
order that they may confess their sins.

TX.

We hereby declare all assistant rectors of this diocese to be
comprehended in the prescriptions of Canon 476 of the Code

ii.

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coniprehendi declaramus ; unicuique eorum potestatem hisce
delegamus valide assistendi matrimoniis celebratis intra limitcs
paroeciae cui adscriptus fuerit.

Vicarii cooperatores parocho subsunt ; parochus autem eos
paterne instruat, dirigat, admoneat in cura animarum, in admin-
istratione paroeciae, in vita recte agenda.

XI.

a) Parochorum et vicariorum oeconomorum paroeciaruni in
hac dioecesi salarium annuum erit mille ducenta scutata ; vica-
riorum cooperatorum erit quingenta scutata.

b ) Sacerdos autem, cujus paroecia dictam salarii summam
ex reditibus suis annuis suppeditare nequeat, minori summa
contentus sit oportet; cujus rei judex erit Ordinarius, audito
Consultorum consilio.

c) Parochi vel vicarii oeconomi qui salarium suum intra
annum a tempore quo solvendum erat percipere omiserint, eo
ipso juri renuntiasse habentur, nec postea. sub quovis titulo.
illud repetere poterunt.

XII.

a) Sacerdotes gravi justitiac obligatione tenentur in com-
niuni emolumentorum stolae area deponere cuncta omnino quae,
occasione administrandi sacramentum baptismi ct Sacramento
matrimonii assistendi, oblata fuerint; vel quae in iis ecclesiis.
quae nullos reditus certos habeant, ad sacerdotem vel sacerdotes
sustendandos data fuerint; quae obligatio declinari nequit prae-
tendendo pecuniam, vel pecuniae aequivalens, alio nomine datam
fuisse.

b) In ecclesiis quibus duo sacerdotes adscripti sunt, hono-
raria, occasione administrandi sacramentum baptismi et assist-
endi sacramento matrimonii oblata, in tres partes dividenda
sunt, quarum duae cedant parocho, vel vicario oeconomo, tertia
autem pars vicario cooperatori. Si duo sint vicarii cooperatores,
oblata in quattuor partes dividantur, quarum duae cedant paro-
cho, vel vicario oeconomo, et una pars singulis vicariis coopera-

of Canon Law; to each of them We hereby delegate the power
to assist validly at marriages within the limits of the parish to
which he is assigned.

X.

Assistant rectors are subject to the rector; the rector shall
paternally instruct, direct, and admonish them in the care of
souls, in parochial administration, and in personal conduct.

XI.

a) The yearly salary of rectors or administrators of par-
ishes in this diocese shall be twelve hundred dollars ; of assist-
ants, five’ "hundred dollars. -

b) A priest, however, whose parish is not able to furnish
the stated amount of salary from its annual income, should be
content with a lesser sum: the Ordinary is the judge in this
matter, after he has heard the advice of his Consultors.

c) Those rectors or administrators of parishes, who have
failed to take their salary within a year from the time it became
due, are regarded by that fact to have renounced their right,
and may not later lay claim to the same under any title.

XII.

a) Priests are bound by a grave obligation in justice to
deposit in the common perquisite fund everything whatsoever
that was tendered on the occasion of the administration of the
Sacrament of Baptism and of assistance at the Sacrament of
Matrimony; or was contributed for the support of the priest
or -prie st s in — fltose churches, which- have no certain revenue.
This obligation may not be avoided by alleging that the money
or its equivalent was given under some other title.

b) In churches to which two priests are assigned, the offer-
ings made on the occasion of the administration of the Sacra-
ment of Baptism and of assistance at the Sacrament of Matri-
mony are to be divided into three parts, of which two shall be
given to the rector or administrator, and the third to the assist-
ant. If there are two assistants, these offerings shall be divided

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toribus. Si autem sacerdotes, uni ecclesiae adscripti, sint plures
quail 1 tres. oblata in tot partes, una addita, dividantur, quot
sunt sacerdotes, quarum duas partes parochus, vel vicarius
oeconomus. accipiat, unam vero partem singuli vicarii coopera-
tores.

r) It omnis suspicio avaritiae et simoniae amoveatur, sacer-
dotes lie quidquam pro sacramentis administrandis exigant
neve accipiant. Hoc autem statutum non prohibet quominus
honoraria, occasione baptisniorum, matrimoniorum, atque Mis-
sarum oblata, accipiantur.

( 0 Chilli sacerdoti licet recusare pauperibus gratis minis-
trare.

XIII.

(/) Nulli sacerdoti las est sacris ministeriis in paroecia alii
saceuloti commissa, sine consensu Ordinarii vel parochi loci
fungi, nisi in casibus Codice Juris Canonici exceptis, vel in
casu gravis et urgentis necessitatis.

) Idem intra limites sacerdotis propriae paroeciae valet
quoad sacramenta administranda fidelibus qui ad aliam paroe-
c,ani pertineant ; excipitur autem administratio sacramentorum
( juae juxta legem communem ullibi recipere licet.

() Cum aliquoties, cum licentia debita, baptismus ab alio
quam a proprio sacerdote administretur, et matrimonium quan-
doque contrabatur coram sacerdote in cujus paroecia neuter ex
sponsis babitet, illi, qui, in istis adjunctis, baptismum adminis-
tiant, vel matrimonio assistunt, honoraria in praedictis occa-
sionibus a fidelibus oblata, ad proprium sacerdotem ex justitia
remittere tenentur.

d) Idem observetur a sacerdote, qui sacramentum baptismi
in casu urgentis necessitatis administrat minori, cujus parentes
in ejus paroecia non resident.

XIV.

°) L bi plures sacerdotes eidem ecclesiae inserviunt, unus
ex eis per decursum hebdomadis. in qua hebdomadarius est, ad
officia sacerdotalia peragenda semper aderit.

) I arochus tamen, vel vicarius oeconomus, ne se liabeat a
lege residentiae. vel a cura animarum, dispensatum eo quod

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into four parts, two of which go to the rector or administrator,
and one part each to the assistants. If there are more than three
priests assigned to a church, the offerings shall be divided into
as many parts plus one as there are priests ; the rector or admin-
istrator 'shall receive two parts, the assistants one each.

c) To remove all suspicion of avarice and simony priests
shall neither ask nor accept anything for the administration of
the Sacraments. This Statute does not, however, forbid the
acceptance of offerings made on the occasion of Baptisms,
Marriages and Masses.

d) No priest may refuse gratuitous ministrations to the
poor.

XIII.

a) No priest may exercise the sacred ministry in a parish,
that is in charge of another priest, without the consent of the
( )rdinary or of the rector of the place, unless in a case excepted
by the Code of Canon Law or in a case of grave and urgent
necessity.

b) The same holds true within the limits of a priest’s own
parish regarding the administration of the Sacraments to the
faithful, who belong to other parishes; excepting the adminis-
tration of those Sacraments, which, according to the Common
Law, may be received anywhere.

c) Inasmuch as occasionally, with the proper permission,
Baptism is administered by another than the proper priest; and
Marriage is occasionally performed by a priest, in whose parish
neither of the parties resides; those who administer Baptism
or assist at Marriage under these circumstances are bound in
justice to send to the proper priest the offerings made by the
faithful on these occasions.

d) 1 he same shall be observed by priests who, in case of
urgent necessity, administer the Sacrament of Baptism to one
under age, whose parents do not reside in his parish.

XIV.

</) Where several priests serve the same church, one of
them shall be on hand at all times during the course of his week
as hebdomadary to perform the priestly offices.

b) 1 he rector or administrator of a parish shall not con-
sider himself dispensed from the law of residence or from the

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vicarius cooperator vel vicarii cooperatores, officio fungantur.
I\eve vicarius cooperator se liberum existimet, eo quod alius
veluti helxlomadarius adsit.

( ) \icaiii cooperatores seni])er se paratos exhibeant ad
peragenda sacra munia, necnon alia omnia officia parochialia.
quae ipsis parochus, vel vicarius oeconomus, assignaverit.

d) Annui feriati dies parochorum eorumque vica riorum co-
opeiatoium erunt duarum hebdomadarum spatium.

c) Hi feriati ununi diem dominicum continere poterunt.

f ) Q uo praecise tempore vicarius cooperator ferias istas
annuas agere possit. a parocho, vel a vicario oeconomo, deter-
minandum est.

;/) Oidinarii scripta licentia non requiritur pro quatuor-
decim annuis feriis ; si tamen illo tempore necessarius sit sub-
stitutus, a parocho, vel a vicario oeconomo, procuretur oportet.

h) Consuetis feriis annuis exceptis, cum parochus, vel vica-
nus oeconomus. ultra bebdomadam, aut die dominico. vel festo
de pi aecepto, a paroecia absit, praeter causam legitimam debet
Oidinarii scriptam licentiam habere; et si necesse sit, vicarium
substitutum, ab Ordinario a])probatum, loco sui procurare. Quod
si parochus sit religiosus, indiget praeterea, ut legitime absit.
sui superioris consensu.

i) Consuetis feriis quatuordecim annuis exceptis, nulli
vicario cooperatori a domo presbyterali totum diem, ac multo
iviinus totam noctem abesse fas est. sine consensu parochi. vicarii
oeconomi, vel Ordinarii.

XV.

0 ) Quando parochus, vicarius oeconomus, vel vicarius co-
operator consuetas ferias annuas duarum hebdomadarum agit.
ad suum salarium et emolumenta stolae feriarum tempore jus
habet. Praeterea, si eo tempore non-residentiali substituto opus
sit, paroecia obligatione ilium remunerandi erit obstricta.

} parochus, vel vicarius oeconomus, vel vicarius cooper-
«itoi. habita licentia debita pro absentia longiore consuetis quat-
tuordecem feriatis diebus salarium illo tempore percipit, ille non
vero paroecia, salarium substituti, si tali opus fuerit, praebebit.

Id

care of souls because his assistant or assistants are on duty.
Nor shall one assistant consider himself free because another
is hebdomadary.

c) Assistants shall at all times show themselves ready to
perform the sacred functions, as well as all other parish work,
to which the rector or administrator may appoint them.

d) The yearly vacation of rectors of parishes and of their
assistants shall be two weeks.

c) This vacation may include one Sunday.

/ ) The precise time at which an assistant may take this
yearly vacation is to be fixed by the rector or administrator.

(j) J he written permission of the Ordinary is not required
for the usual two weeks’ yearly vacation ; but even then a sub-
stitute, if needed, must be provided by the rector or adminis-
trator.

h) J he annual vacation excepted, when a rector or admin-
istrator absents himself from his parish for more than a week,
or over Sunday, or a feast day of obligation, he must have, in
addition to a legitimate cause, the written permission of the
OrdinaiT; and, if necessary, he shall leave in his place a sub-
stitute approved by the Ordinary. If the rector be a religious,
he needs also the consent of his religious superior in order thus
to absent himself.

i) Excepting the usual two weeks’ annual vacation, no
assistant may absent himself from the rectory a whole day,
much less over night, without the consent and approval of the
rector or administrator, or of the Ordinary.

XV.

</) When a rector, or administrator, or assistant, takes the
nsual yearly vacation of two weeks, he is entitled to his salary
and perquisites during that time. Moreover, if an outside sub-
stitute be needed during this vacation, the parish shall be
responsible for the compensation due him.

b) If a rector, administrator, or assistant of a parish, hav-
ing due authorization for a longer absence than the customary
two weeks’ vacation, continues to receive his salary during it,
he, and not the parish, shall be responsible for the compensa-
tion of an outside substitute, it one be necessary.

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XVI.

a) Munus, quo a paroecia compensabitur substitutus ex-
ternus, qui sabbato post meridiem et nocte eiusdem confessiones
audit, atque etiam die dominico vices peragit sacras, Missam
vel Missas celebrando, contionando, &c., erit quindecem scutata;
si vero sabbato nullam ope ram navat, munus erit decern scutata.
Quae regula etiam de festis de praecepto eorumque vigiliis valet.

b) Intelligitur substitutum externum, si impendia itineris
extraordinaria solvere debuerit, pro eisdem a paroecia esse com-
pensandum.

XVII.

Quotannis parochus, vel vicarius oeconomus, sive ipse solus,
sive suis vicariis cooperatoribus adiuvantibus, singulas suae
paroeciae domus visitet, et paterne inquirat de statu religioso
singulorum qui in familia sint, et aliorum omnium qui cum
f am ilia habitent. In registro peculiari, cui nomen Liber Status
Animarutn , sedulo adnotentur nomen et aetas singulorum fami-
liae omniumque aliorum catholicorum qui in unaquaque domo
convivant ; sacramenta recepta, an Missae diebus dominicis et
festis de praecepto intersint; an praecepto paschali satis faciant ;
an pueri scholam catholicam frequentent; et, uno verbo, quid-
quid ad statum eorum spiritualem attineat.

XVIII.

a) Sacerdotes missionem vel missiones paroeciis suis ad-
nexas statutis temporibus visitent.

b) Nisi gravi interveniente causa, horas pro Missa cele-
banda, pro sacramentis administrandis, vel pro aliis quibuscun-
(jue functionibus in ecclesia missionis peragendis statutas immu-
tare non debent; et prius fideles ad missionem pertinentes de
mutatione proposita certiores reddant ; qua in re sacerdotis,
cuius intersit, graviter oneratur conscientia.

XIX.

Unicuique lnijus dioecesis sacerdoti interdicitur ne in curru
automobili cum mulieribus ordinum religioso rum vel conere-
gationum iter faciat.

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XVI.

ii) Each compensation by the parish for an outside substi-
tute. who hears confessions on Saturday afternoon and night,
and also gives his services on Sunday for Masses, preaching,
etc., shall be fifteen dollars; if, however, he render no services
on Saturday, it shall be ten dollars. This regulation applies also
to holy days of obligation and their vigils.

b) It is understood that, if the outside substitute incur
extraordinary expenses for travel, he shall be compensated for
the same by the parish.

XVII.

Every year the rector or administrator of a parish shall
visit, either personally, or with the aid of his assistants, every
Catholic family of his parish, and shall inquire with paternal
solicitude into the religious state of each member of the family
and of all other Catholics living with the family. In a special
register (the “ Liber Status Animaruni’) shall be carefully
recorded the name and age of the members of the family and
of all other Catholics living with the family ; the Sacraments
they have received ; whether they attend Mass on Sundays and
holy days of obligation; whether they make their Easter duty;
whether the children attend a Catholic school ; and, in a word,
everything pertaining to their spiritual state.

XVIII.

a) Priests shall visit at stated times the mission or missions
attached to their parishes.

b) They must not change the hours appointed for Mass,
for the administration of the Sacraments, or for other functions
m the mission church, unless there be a grave reason for doing
so. and unless they have previously advised the people of the
mission regarding the proposed change. This is a grave obliga-
tion on the consciences of the priests concerned.

XIX.

It is forbidden for any priest of the diocese to ride in an
automobile with women belonging to religious orders or con-
gregations.

If)

XX.

Nulli vicario cooperatori licet possidere sive ex toto, sive ex
paite, sive in nomine suiipsius, sive in nomine alius, currum
automobilem ; nec illi licet currum automobilem dirigere, excepto
curru paroeciali in negotiis proprie paroecialibus peragendis.

1 laec regula obligat etiam extra fines archidioecesis.

XXI.

a) Si parochus, vel vicarius oeconomus, necessarium cen-
seat, ut ])aroecia currum automobilem usui paroeciae possideat,
obtineri debet scripta Ordinarii licentia ])riusquam sumptibus
paroeciae dictus currus ematur. Haec licentia scripta requiritur
quoties currus automobilis ernitur vel pro alio commutatur.
I raeterea currus automobiles paroeciales in tabulis publicis in
nomine paroeciae consignari debent.

Praedictae nisi licentiae scriptae fuerint habitae, nulla
paioecia obligabitur ad solvendum automobilis pretium, neque
ad impensas licentiae publicae, spiritus petrolei, olei, armillarum
rotarum. renovationum, rerum additarum, receptaculi, cau-
tionum indemnitatis, et similium.

c ) ( )rdinarii scripta licentia pro fabricando aedificio ad con-
tegendos currus requiritur.

XXII.

Ouamprimum in lib ris paroecialibus adnotationes facien-
dae sunt, praesertim baptismi, confirmation is, matrimonii et
mortis: quae adnotationes, non formis, sed propria parocbi
manu, subscribi debent ; quibus in casibus singulis nomina sub-
sci ipta integre et clare fiant ; littcrae nominum solae initiales.
abbi eviationes. signa repetitionis quae “ditto” dicuntur non
sufficiunt.

^ ) Solis propriis clericis paroeciae inservientibus licet in
I’.bros refcrre aclministrationes paroeciales, quales sunt baptismi,
confirmationes, matrimonia, exsequiae, et similia; et in registro
mentio de ministrante fieri debet.

( ) Istae adnotationes in libros proprios et distinctos, quorum
b gat ura fortis est et charta duratura, referantur oportet ; in
nullo volumine quidquam, plus quam adnotationes unius
materiae consignetur ; et omnes libri in area ferrea. igni imper-
via. conserventur.

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XX.

No assistant priest may own, either wholly or partly, an
automobile, in his own name or in the name of another; nor
may he drive an automobile, except the parish car on official
parish business. This regulation binds even beyond the limit
of the Archdiocese.

XXI.

a) If a rector or administrator deem it necessary that his
parish own an automobile for parochial uses, written permission
of the Ordinary must be obtained before its purchase at the
expense of' the parish. This written permission is required for
each succeeding purchase of a parish automobile, and for its
exchange. Moreover, parish automobiles must be registered in
the name of the parish.

b) Unless the aforesaid written permissions are obtained,
no parish shall be responsible for the purchase price of an auto-
mobile, for the cost of the license, gasoline, oil, tires, repairs,
accessories, storage, insurance and the like.

c) The written permission of the ( )rdinary is required for
a parish garage.

XXII.

a) As soon as possible, entries should be made in the parish
books; particularly in the case of Baptisms, Confirmations,
Marriages and deaths; entries should be signed, not with
stamps, but in the handwriting of the rector; signatures in each
instance should be fully and plainly written; the use of mere
initials, abbreviations, or ditto marks not being sufficient.

b) Only the Clergy of a parish arc to record parochial
administrations, such as Baptisms, Confirmations. Marriages,
burials, and the like; and in the record mention must be made
of the officiant.

c) These records should be entered into separate and dis-
tinct books with strong bindings and durable paper ; no volume
should contain more than the records of one subject; and all
must be kept in a fireproof safe.

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d ) Solis Ordinario ej usque delegato, nec non sacerdotibus
paroeciae adscriptis licet libros paroeciales inspicere ; proinde-
que attestationes de sacramentis acceptis dari debent a sacerdote
paroeciae propria manu subscriptae, sigilloque ecclesiae confir-
matae.

c) In truncis tesseris numulariis libellorum paroecialium
faciendae sunt sequentes adnotationes :
dies perscriptionis emissae ;
summa perscriptionis, numeris arabicis et litteris
romanis exscripta ;
ad quid precise fuerit emissa;
in cujusnam usum.

/) Libelli nuntiorum paroeciales, mensae nummulariae
libelli paroeciales, libelli perscriptionum paroeciales cum suis
tesseris truncis, et perscriptiones jam solutae, paroeciae sunt
proprietas, inviolatique conservari debent ; eosque a paroecia
removere vel eos destruere districte prohibetur.

g) Pecuniae sacerdotis propriae, propriaeque rationes.
omnino sejunctae a paroeciae pecun iis et rationibus servari
debent ; mensae nummulariae codices paroeciales, libelli per-
scriptionum. obligationes et actiones paroeciales a propriis sac-
erdotis separatae custodiantur oportet.

XXIII.

Xe fideles scanclalum capiant, neve auctoritas episcopalis in
contemptum veniat, omnes sacerdotes, qui ab Ordinario dismissi,
suspensi, vel officio sacerdotali privati fuerint, quamvis postea
in aliam dioecesim fuerint recepti. prohibentur quodcumque
munus sacrum intra hanc dioecesim sine Nostro permissu exer-
cere vel exercere tentare.

XXIV.

Ne mittatur laicus olea sacra repetitum; ea repetant ipsi
parochi, vicarii oeconomi, vicarii cooperatores, vel alii clerici.

XXV.

a) Monendi sunt confirmandi ut alicujus Sancti nomen in
confirmatione sibi assumant; hoc vero nomen in schedula a
sacerdote candidatis tradita in testimonium illos esse dignos qui
suscipiant sacramentum, inscribatur oportet.

d) Only the Ordinary, his representative, and the priests
who are attached to the parish, may examine the registers ; for
which reason certificates of the reception of the Sacraments
must be issued solely by a priest of the parish, signed by him
with his own hand, and attested with the church seal.

c) The following entries are to be made in the stubs of
parochial check books :

the date of issuance of the check;

amount of check, in Arabic numerals and written out ;

specific purpose of check;

to whom drawn.

f) Parish announcement books, parish bank books, parish
check books and their stubs, and cancelled checks are parish
property ; and must be preserved inviolate ; it is strictly forbid-
den to remove them from the parish or destroy them.

g) A priest’s personal moneys and accounts must be kept
entirely separate from parish funds and accounts ; parish bank
books, check books, bonds and stocks must also be kept separate
from the priest’s belongings.

XXIII.

That the faithful be not scandalized and that episcopal
authority be not disregarded, all priests, who have been dis-
missed. suspended, or deprived of their priestly office by the
Ordinary, even though they may have been afterwards received
into another diocese, are forbidden to exercise or to attempt to
exercise, without Our permission, any sacred function within
this diocese.

XXIV.

It is forbidden to have a lay person fetch the Holy Oils.
Rectors, administrators, their assistants, or other clerics must
call personally for the same.

XXV.

a) Candidates for Confirmation shall be instructed to take
the name of a saint in Confirmation. This name should be writ-
ten on the card presented by the priest to the candidates as proof
of their fitness to receive the Sacrament,

b ) Cum rubricae praecipiant tit confirmandi junctis mani-
bus ad altare accedant, praxis candelam manu tenendi in confir-
matione hoc ipso prohibetur.

XXVI.

a ) Missam celeb rare media nocte, etiam in Vigilia Nativi-
tatis D. N. J. C., in qualibet ecclesia paroeciali vel auxiliari
lui jus dioecesis, prohibetur.

b) In nulla ecclesia paroeciali vel auxiliari, sine expressa
Ordinarii licentia. Missam publicam celebrare ante horam quin-
tain matutinam temporis usualis cujuslibet diei licet.

XXVII.

a) Vetitum est Missam publicam in ecclesiis urbanis diebus
dominicis et in festis de praecepto post undecimam horam ante
meridiem temporis usualis incipere ; nec licet contionem hora
undecima ante meridiem incipere, et post contionem Missam
initium sumere.

b) Diebus dominicis ultima missa publica sit Missa solemnis
vel Missa cantata, mensibus aestivis exceptis, in quibus, ob
calorem, Missam lectam celebrare licet.

XXVIII.

a) Parochi et vicarii oeconomi indumenta sacra aliamque
suppellectilem ecclesiasticam curae laicorum ex toto relinquere
non debent.

b) Pyxis in tabernaculo, cum S])ecies Sacras continet, albo
velo serico cooperiatur. Corporalia. pallae, caeteraque altaris
hntea temporibus baud magnis interiectis commutari debent.

c) Nulli sacerdoti licet Sanctissimum Sacramentum rectoris
m aedibus, nec alibi quani in ecclesia retinere ; nec secum
deferre, nisi aegrotis cum ministrat.

d ) Sacerdos Sanctissimum Sacramentum ad aegrotos cum
defert se gerat juxta Ritualis Romani praescripta ; Species
Sacrae concludantur tunc oportet in pyxide quae in bursa ad
collum appensa et ad pectus alligata feratur.

c) Pyxis, lintea. bursa decentia mundaque omnino esse
dehenl.

b) Since the rubrics prescril)e that candidates for the Sac-
rament of Confirmation approach the altar with joined hands,
the custom of carrying a candle at Confirmation is hereby for-
bidden.

XXVI.

a) Midnight Mass is forbidden, even on Christmas Eve, in
all parish churches and mission. churches of this diocese.

b) No parish church, or mission church, may have public
Mass earlier than five o'clock of the established time on any
day, save with the express permission of the Ordinary.

XXVII.

a) It is forbidden to begin public Mass in city churches on
Sundays and holy days after eleven a. m. of the established
time; nor may the sermon begin at eleven a. m. and the Mass
be then commenced after the sermon.

b) On Sundays the last public Mass shall be a Solemn Mass
or a High Mass, except during the summer months, when,
because of the excessive heat, a Low Mass may be celebrated.

XXVIII.

a) Rectors and administrators should not leave the sacred
vestments and other church furniture entirely to the care of
laymen.

b) Every ciborium in the tabernacle, when containing the
Sacred Species, shall be covered with a white silk veil. Cor-
porals, palls, and other altar linens shall be regularly changed.

c) No priest may keep the Blessed Sacrament in the rec-
torv, nor elsewhere than in church, nor carry the same upon
his person, except when ministering to the sick.

d) When carrying the Blessed Sacrament to the sick, the
priest shall conduct himself according to the prescriptions of
the Roman Ritual. The Sacred Species should then be enclosed
in a pyx, which is carried in a burse suspended from the neck
and clasped to the breast.

c) The pyx, the linen, and the burse should be becoming
and kept immaculately clean.

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XXIX.

In sacellis in quibus Sanctissimum Sacramentum asservatur.
Missa saltern semel in hebdomada regulariter celebrari debet.

XXX.

a) Aegrotis suadendum est nt tempore opportuno Sacram
Communionem sumant. etiamsi periculum mortis non immi-
neat. Insuper, sacerdos aegroto, quamvis Sacrum Viaticum iam
acceperit et per criticam accessionem transierit, pie petenti ut
rursus communionem accipiat, ne deneget.

b) Diu aegrotantes adhortandi sunt ut frequentur commu-
nicent ; et doceantur dispensationem a jejunio eucharistico
aegrotis concessam esse.

XXXI.

a) Xullo sub praetextu licet sacerdotibus, sive saecularibus
sive religiosis, mulierum vel puellarum confessiones excipere in
aedibus paroecialibus, vel in domibus privatis, vel alibi, extra
confessionalia in ecclesiis. vel in oratoriis publicis vel semi-
publicis, erecta ; illis exceptis quae surdae sunt, et illis quae
domibus suis vel propter aegritudinem, aut infirmitatem egredi
non possunt ; illis etiam quae ecclesias auxiliares, a templo
remotas. ad sua confitenda peccata petunt. In quibus adjunctis
curandum est ut locus in quo istae confessiones excipiuntur sit
publicus et patens, utque crates adhibeantur.

b) Has leges qui non observet poenae supensionis a con-
fessionibus audiendis obnoxius redditur.

c) Casus extraordinarii. qui exceptioni ab his de confes-
sione legibus locum dare videantur, Ordinario deferri debent.

XXXII.

Omnibus confessariis nostrae jurisdictioni subjectis praeci-
pimus sub poena suspensionis ipso facto incurrendae:

a ) ne per seipsos, neve per alium quemeunque, quovis sub
praetextu, recipiant oblata a fidelibus occasione vel intuitu con-
fessionis sacramentalis ;

XXIX.

In chapels in which the Blessed Sacrament is reserved. Mass
should regularly be celebrated at least once a week.

XXX.

a) The sick should be persuaded to receive Holy Com-
munion in due time, even though there be no imminent danger
of death. Moreover, the priest shall not refuse the pious request
of one who, having received Holy Viaticum and passed the
crisis, desires to communicate again.

b) Those, who have been sick for a long time, should be
encouraged to receive Holy Communion frequently, and should
be informed of the dispensation from the Eucharistic fast
granted to the sick.

XXXI.

a) Under no pretext may priests, secular or regular, hear
the confessions of women or girls in rectories, private dwell-
ings. or elsewhere outside of confessionals erected in churches
or public or semi-public oratories, with the exception of deaf
persons, and those who are confined to their homes by reason
of illness or infirmity, or who come to confess their sins in
missions that are distant from the church. In these latter cir-
cumstances care must be taken that the place in which such
confessions are heard be public and open, and that a grill be
used.

b) The violation of these laws will subject the offender to
the punishment of being suspended from hearing confessions.

c) Extraordinary cases which may seem to call for an ex-
ception from these laws concerning confession must be referred
to the Ordinary.

XXXII.

We command all confessors within Our jurisdiction, under
pain of incurring ipso facto the censure of suspension :

a) neither personally, nor through anyone whomsoever,
under any pretext, to receive offerings from the faithful on the
occasion of, or with respect to, sacramental Confession;

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b ) ne tradant, neve permittant ut alii quicunque tradant,
schedulas quae fideles ad confessionem instituendam aut ad
quodcunque ex aliis sacramentis recipiendum admittant, praeter
Confirmationem ;

c) ut recipiant et absolvant omnes, dummodo sint bene dis-
positi, ad confessionem accedentes, etiamsi nullam schedulam
exhibeant, aut nullam pecuniam in hunc finem solvant vel
offerant.

d) praeterea ne recipiant quidquid pro schedula danda in
testimonium confessionis peractae oblatum.

XXXIII.

Fratrum, sanctimonialium, sororum confessarii ordinarii
confessiones eorum singulis hebdomadis audire ne omittant ;
confessarii extraordinarii eos audiant quater in anno temporibus
statutis, ut assolet, diebus Quattuor Temporum.

XXXIV.

a) Nupturientes matrimonii sanctitatem, ej usque indissolu-
bilitatem, matrimonii impedimenta, coniugum mutuas obliga-
tiones, officia parentum erga prolem, a sacerdote doceantur;
praeterea exhortandi sunt ut rite confessionem sacramentalem
praeviam instituant, atque die matrimonii ineundi Sacram Com-
munionem accipiant.

b) Excepto urgenti casu, de quo judex erit Ordinarius,
antequam permittatur matrimonium mixtum, pars acatholica
cursum duodecim saltern institutionum doctrinae catholicae
obire debet. Parochus, vel vicarius oeconomus, in unoquoque
casu decernat quisnam istas institutiones sit traditurus ; magis-
ter debet esse competens; praeferendus autem est sacerdos; vel
si mulier sit docenda, femina religiosa.

XXXV.

Cum matrimonium paratur, status liber ab utrisque contrac-
turis probari debet. Catholici, nisi baptizati in paroecia in qua
matrimonium contrahendum est, testimonium baptismi recepti
exhibeant ; item acatholici baptizati testimonium recepti bap-
tismi, si possibile sit, proferant; si autem testimonium haberi

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b) neither to give, nor to permit others to give, tickets
which allow the faithful to go to confession, or to receive any
other of the Sacraments, except Confirmation ;

c) to receive and absolve all, who come to confession, pro-
vided they be properly disposed, even though they show no
ticket, nor pay, nor offer, money for this purpose;

d) furthermore, to refuse an offering for the issuance of a
certificate in proof of Confession.

V XXXIII.

Let ordinary confessors of Brothers, Nuns, and Sisters hear
their confessions once a week without fail; and extraordinary
confessors hear them four times a year at stated periods,
usually on Ember Days.

XXXIV.

a) Those who are about to contract Marriage are to be
instructed by the priest with regard to the sanctity of this Sac-
rament, its indissolubility, the matrimonial impediments, the
mutual marital obligations, and the duties of parents towards
their offspring ; moreover, the contracting parties are to be
exhorted fo make a v good confession; and also to receive Holy
Communion on the day of their Marriage.

b) Excepting urgency, of which the Ordinary shall be the
judge, before a mixed marriage is permitted, the non-Catholic
must take a course of at least twelve instructions in Catholic
doctrine. The Reverend Rector, or administrator, will in each-
instance determine who should give these instructions ; but the
instructor must be competent, and be preferably a priest; or in
the cas£ of females, who are to be instructed, a religious woman.

XXXV.

When making arrangements for Marriage, freedom to
marry should be shown by both contracting parties; Catholics
should present a baptismal certificate, unless baptized in the
parish, in which the marriage is to take place; baptized non-
Catholics should also present, if possible, a baptismal certifi-
cate; if this cannot be obtained, a dispensation from the impedi-

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nequeat, dispensation! ab impedimento mixtae religionis adjun-
genda est, ad cautelam, dispensatio ab impedimento disparitatis
cultus. Ista baptismi testimonia in tabulario paroeciali in rei
memoriam servanda sunt.

XXXVI.

Si una pars matrimonii mixti sit Judaeus vel Mohamme-
danus, id expresse in petitione dispensationis notetur; cum dis-
pensatio ordinaria ab impedimento disparitatis cultus dispen-
sationem ad matrimonium cum Judaeo vel Mohammedano
contrahendum non comprehendat.

XXXVII.

a) Laici non debent dispensations matrimoniales petere,
sed sacerdos, vel per se vel per litteras ; telephonium vel tele-
graphum ad hoc adhiberi non licet, nisi in casibus urgentioribus.

b ) Petitio dispensationis matrimonialis causam canonicam
continere debet.

c ) Taxa pro dispensationibus matrimonialibus erit quinque
scutata pro singulis dispensationibus.

XXXVIII.

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Nulli sacerdoti licet recusare quominus gratis assistat matri-
moniis eorum qui ad honorarium dandum impares sint ; si autem
petita et obtenta fuerit dispensatio matrimonialis in forma pau-
perum, id est, si propter paupertatem nulla taxa pro dispensa-
tion soluta fuerit, non licet quodvis honorarium vel taxam
aliquam pro assistentia in tali matrimonio petere vel accipere.

XXXIX.

Permissio assistendi eorum matrimoniis qui non sint paro-
chiales, a parocho proprio nupturientium petenda est; ab Ordi-
nario peti non debet, nisi sit aliqua ratio extraordinaria matri-
monium occultandi, vel parochus proprius dictam permissionem
sine ratione sufficienti recusasse videatur.

XL.

Codicis Juris Canonici canonum 1101, 1108, 1143 debita
ratione habita, matrimonia catholicorum Ritus Graeco-Rutheni

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ment of mixed religion should be accompanied by a dispensa-
tion, “ad cautelam ” from the impediment of disparity of wor- ^ ^

ship. These baptismal certificates should be kept in the parish y \\
archives for future reference. ^ 1

XXXVI.

If one of the parties to a mixed marriage be a Jew or a
Mohammedan, this fact must be expressly stated in the appli-
cation for a dispensation, since the ordinary dispensation from
the impediment of., disparity of worship does not include mar-
riage with Jews or Mohammedans.

XXXVII.

a) Matrimonial dispensations should not be requested of
the Ordinary directly by lay people, but by the priest, either
personally or by letter; the telephone or telegraph is not to be
used for this purpose except in very urgent cases.

b ) Every application for a matrimonial dispensation must
contain a canonical reason.

c ) The tax for matrimonial dispensations shall be five dol-
lars for each dispensation.

XXXVIII.

No priest may refuse gratuitous service in marrying those,
who are unable to make an offering; and if a matrimonial dis-
pensation be sought and obtained “in forma pauperum ” that
is, without the payment of any dispensation fee because of
poverty, no offering or fee may be asked or accepted by any

priest for assisting at said marriage.

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XXXIX.

Permission to assist at marriages of non-parishioners should
be asked from the proper rector of those, who are to be mar-
ried ; it should not be asked of the Ordinary, unless there be an
extraordinary cause for secrecy, or unless the proper rector
seems to have refused said permission without sufficient reason.

, AL.

With due regard to Canons 1101, 1108 and 1143 of the
Code of Canon Law, marriages of Catholics of the Greek-

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cum catholicis Ritus Latini, coram parocho sponsae celebranda
sunt; et si dispensatione opus sit, ab Ordinario sponsae obti-
nenda est.

XLI.

a) Optandum est ut fi deles matrimonium ineant tempore
Missae cum benedictione nuptiali.

b) Excepto casu in quo quis graviter recumbit, matrimon-
ium nocte celebrare districte prohibetur. Si quando hujus statuti
exceptioni locus esse videatur, parochi expressa licentia obti-
nenda est, quam quidem licentiam, nisi adsit gravis causa, dene-
gare tenetur.

c) Casibus gravis aegritudinis exceptis,

1 — matrimonia catholicorum in templo celebrari debent ; pro-
hibentur in domibus privatis, hospitiis, domibus sodalitiis, et
similibus ;

2 — mixta matrimonia celebranda sunt in domo presbyterali,
nullo modo alibi.

XLII.

Acatholici matrimonii testes esse non debent; Ordinarius
autem, si adest gravis causa, et nullum est periculum scandali,
eos tolerare potest.

XLI II.

a) Causae matrimoniales in quibus est quaestio de clande-
stinitate, cultus disparitate, praevio matrimoniali vinculo, et
similibus, ad Curiam, non a laicis, sed a proprio sacerdote per
seipsum, deferri debent.

b) In istis casibus aliud matrimonium ab alterutro quorum
interest non est parandum donee declaratio nullitatis ab Ordi-
nario vel a Sancta Sede data fuerit.

XLIV.

Cum declaratio nullitatis propter clandestinitatem ab Ordi-
nario petitur, haec documenta proferenda sunt :

a) testimonium baptismi partis catholicae, et etiam partis
acatholicae, si haberi potest;

Ruthenian Rite with Catholics of the Latin Rite are to be cele-
brated before the rector of the bride; and if a dispensation be
needed, it is to be obtained from the Ordinary of the bride.

XLI.

a) It is desirable that the faithful should contract marriage
with a Mass and with the nuptial blessing.

b) Excepting the case of a person confined to bed by seri-
ous illness, it is strictly forbidden to perform marriages at night.
Should there seem to be place for an exception to this Statute,
the express permission of the rector should be obtained, which
permission he is bound to deny, unless there be a serious reason
for it.

c ) Excepting cases of serious illness.

1 — marriage of Catholics should take place in church; they
are forbidden in private homes, hotels, clubs, or the like;

2 — mixed marriages must be performed in the rectory; and
not elsewhere.

XLII.

Non-Catholics are not to be witnesses to a marriage; the
Ordinary, however, for a grave reason, may tolerate them, pro-
vided scandal be avoided.

XLII I.

a) Marriage cases involving clandestinity, disparity of wor-
ship, previous marriage bond, and the like, should not be pre-
sented to the Curia by lay people, but by the proper priest in
persoq.

b) In these cases no arrangements for another marriage by
either of the parties concerned should be made until a declara-
tion of the nullity of the previous marriage has been issued by
the Ordinary or the Holy See.

XLIV.

When a declaration of nullity on account of clandestinity is
requested from the Ordinary, the following documents are to
be presented:

a) baptismal certificate of the Catholic party, and also of
the non-Catholic party, if obtainable;

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b) testimonium authenticum matrimonii attentati;

c) decretum divortii, vel ejusdem exemplar authentico testi-
momio confirmatum ;

d) litterae parochi paroeciae, vel parochorum paroeciarum,
in quibus partes post matrimonium attentatum habitabant, testi-
ficantes libros paroeciales nullam adnotationem validationis
matrimonii clandestini continere;

e) numerus sufficiens testimoniorum cum jurejurando (in-
cluso simili testimonio eorum qui matrimonium attentaverunt)
attestantium matrimonium attentatum non fuisse coram sacer-
dote catholico vali datum.

XLV.

Districte interdicitur ne pecunia petatur, neve accipiatur,
sive ad valvas, sive prope valvas ecclesiae, seu pro ingressu in
ecclesiam, seu ut oblatum vel taxa pro sede.

XL VI.

Fores ecclesiae ab aurora usque ad noctem apertae perma-
neant ut fideles possint Sanctissimum Sacramentum visitare.

XLVII.

a) Eleemosynae a fidelibus offerendae pro Missis de Re-
quiem et exsequiis, sunt quae sequuntur :

1 — pro Missa solemni cum Absolutione ad feretrum viginti
quinque scutata; quorum Celebranti cedant quinque, duo cum
dimidio singulis Ministris, pecunia residua ecclesiae et choro;

2 — pro Missa cantata cum Absolutione ad feretrum quin-
decim scutata ; quorum Celebranti cedant quinque, reliqua eccle-
siae et choro ;

3 pro Missa lecta cum Absolutione ad feretrum quinque
scutata, quae Celebranti cedant;

4 — pro Exsequiis absque Missa, tria scutata;

5 — exsequiae pauperum omnino gratuitae esse debent.

b) Nulli sacerdoti licet taxas supradictas propria auctoritate
mutare, aut quidquam ultra illas petere vel exigere specie, e. g.,
splendidioris apparatus, ad domum defuncti eundi, cadaver ad
ecclesiam comitandi, orationis funebris, eundi ad coemiterium,
seu sub alio quocunque praetextu. Delinquentes hac in re poenis
ecclesiasticis punientur.

b) certificate of attempted marriage;

c ) divorce decree, or authenticated copy of the same;

d) letter or letters from the rector or rectors of the parish
oj parishes in which the parties lived after their attempted mar-
riage, attesting to the fact that the parish registers show no
record of the validation of the clandestine marriage ;

e) a sufficient number of affidavits (including those of the
parties to the attempted marriage) attesting to the non-valida-
tion, before a Catholic priest, of the attempted marriage.

XLV.

It is strictly forbidden to ask or receive money at or near
a church door either for entrance into the church; or as an
offering or payment for a seat in it.

XLVI.

The doors of the church shall remain open from dawn until
night, in order to permit the faithful to visit the Blessed Sacra-
ment.

XLVII.

a) The offerings to be made by the faithful for Requiem
Masses and other funeral services are as follows:

1 — For a Solemn Requiem Mass with Absolution at the
coffin, twenty-five dollars, of which sum five dollars go to the
celebrant, two dollars and fifty cents apiece to the deacon and
sub-deacon ; and the rest to the choir and the church treasury ;

2 — for a High Requiem Mass with Absolution at the coffin,
fifteen dollars, of which sum five dollars go to the celebrant;
the rest to the choir and the church treasury ;

3— ^-for a Low Requiem Mass with Absolution at the coffin,
five , dollars, which go to the celebrant ;

4 — for funeral services without Mass, three dollars;

5 — funerals of the poor must be free of charge.

b) No priest may, of his own authority, change the above-
mentioned fees ; nor may he ask or exact anything beyond them
on the plea, e. g., of a more elaborate funeral, of going to the
house of the deceased, of accompanying the corpse to the church,
of a funeral sermon, of going to the cemetery, or on any other
pretext whatsoever. Delinquents in this matter shall be pun-
ished with ecclesiastical penalties.

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c) Cum Codice Juris Canonici districte prohibeatur ne
sepulturae, vel exsequiarum vel anniversarii mortuorum causa
quidquam exigatur ultra taxam quae in statutis dioecesanis de-
terminatur Nos clerum nostrum reverendum monemus, obligari
in conscientia restituere omnia quae illegitime accepta fuerint,
quicunque regulis statutis non fuerit obtemperatus. Quaecunque
praxis his legibus contraria est abusus non tolerandus.

XLVIII.

Cum fi delis de functus non funeratur in ecclesia paroeciali
propria, defuncti parocho proprio debetur portio taxarum fun-
eralium paroecialis, excepto casu quo cadaver in ecclesiam pro-
priae paroeciae commode asportari nequeat. In hac vero dioecesi
portio paroecialis erit dimidia pars taxarum statutis dioecesanis
determinatarum pro diversis classibus funerum supra dictonun ;
honorarium autem pro Missa integrum celebranti cedat.

XLIX.

a) Si sacerdos defunctus fuerit tempore mortis alicui paroe-
ciae adscriptus, e bonis paroeciae, non autem e mortui peculio,
impensae quae sequuntur solvi debent:

1 imprimendi et cursui publico committendi invitationes ad
exsequias, et ad Missam die XXX a celebrandam ;

2 prandiorum clericorum diebus funeris et Missae XXX a
die;

3 cultus funebris in interioribus et exterioribus ecclesiae
utraque die adhibiti ;

A — vestimentorum sacrorum cadaver cooperientium ;

5 — feretri ;

6 — servitii organistae et chori.

b) Si defunctus sacerdos non fuerit tempore mortis alicui
ecclesiae adscriptus, impensae supra dictae ex suis bonis sunt
solvendae.

c) Si defunctus sacerdos non fuerit hujus dioecesis, quae-
stio de impensis suo proprio Ordinario deferenda est.

L.

Quaestiones de sepultura Christiana ad Ordinarium a laicis
non sunt deferendae, sed a proprio sacerdote per seipsum, qui

c) Inasmuch as it is strictly forbidden by the Code of Canon
Law to exact on the occasion of a burial, funeral, or anniver-
sary of death, anything beyond the tax laid down in the Statutes
of the diocese, We warn our reverend clergy that whosoever
disobeys the foregoing, is bound in conscience to make restitu-
tion of all that was illegally received. Any custom contrary to
these laws is an abuse not to be tolerated.

XLVIII.

Whenever* one of the faithful is not buried from his own
parish church, the proper rector of the deceased is entitled to
receive the parochial portion of the funeral fees, except in the
case where the body cannot be conveniently brought to the
proper parish church. In this diocese the parochial portion shall
be one-half of the amounts fixed by diocesan statute for the dif-
ferent classes of funerals above-mentioned ; the Mass stipend,
however, in its entirety, belongs to the celebrant.

XLIX.

a) If a deceased priest was attached to a parish at the time
of his death, the parish, and not the estate of the deceased,
should pay the following expenses :

1 — printing and mailing of invitations to the funeral and to
the month’s mind Mass;

2 — luncheons for clergy at funeral and month’s mind Mass ;

3 — mourning drapery used for interior or exterior of church
on both these occasions ;

: 4 — vestments used on the corpse;

5 — catafalque;

3 6 — services of organist and choir.

/ b) If the deceased priest was not attached to a parish at
the time of his death, the above-mentioned expenses should be
paid from his estate.

c) If the deceased priest did not belong to this diocese, the
matter of expenses shall be referred to his proper Ordinary.

L.

Cases involving Christian burial should not be presented to
the Ordinary by lay people, but by the proper priest in person.

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plena et clara indicia de omnibus casus circumstantiis dare
debet; quod si suicidium intercesserit, cum sententia magistra-
te qui de mortibus ambiguis cognoscit, debet proferri, si haberi
potest, medici testimonium de insania.

LI.

Vesperae integrae diebus dominicis et festis de praecepto, in
omnibus hujus dioecesis ecclesiis paroecialibus decantandae
sunt. Si autem propter graves et rationabiles causas vesperae
decantari non possunt, alia pia exercitia substituere licet.

LII.

a) Singulis diebus dominicis, inter singulas Missas, etiam
tempore aestivo, evangelium diei occurrentis lingua vernacula
legi debet, et saltern per duodecimam horae partem populus eru-
diendus est, omni consuetudine — aut praetextu — in contrarium
non obstante.

b) In ultima Missa diei dominicae sermo proprie dictus ad
minimum per tertiam horae partem dari debet, aestivo tempore
excepto, in quo satis erit praedicare per duodecimam horae
partem.

c) Districte prohibetur sermonem legere loco eundem me-
moriter proferendi.

d) Praedicator praedicet, non semetipsum, sed Christum
crucifixum. Ab arguments profanis, a sui ostentatione, necnon
a scenicis adiumentis, qualia sunt concentus musicus, lux elec-
trica in solum ipsum directa, caeterisque artibus histrionicis,
sedulo abstineat.

LIII.

a) Quater in anno, diebus statutis, praedicetur contra matri-
monii mixti et divortii mala.

b) Insuper sacerdos, turn ab altari turn in confessionali,
fideles frequenter moneat de periculo in legendis libris, perio-
dicis, et ephemeridibus, quae fidei et moribus detrimento sint,
eosque adhortentur ut illam litteraturam legant quae sanctione
auctoritatis ecclesiasticae edita sit.

c ) Exhortationes contra malum potus alcoholici, choreas
indecentes, theatra cinematographica, et mala spectacula fre-
quentes sint.

who should give full and clear information concerning all the
circumstances of the case; and if suicide was committed, there
should be, together with the coroner’s verdict, a doctor’s certifi-
cate of insanity, if procurable.

LI.

Vespers shall be sung in their entirety on Sundays and
feasts of obigation in all parish churches of this diocese. If for
grave and reasonable causes, vespers cannot be sung, other
pious exercises may be substituted.

LII.-

a ) Every Sunday at every Mass, even during the summer
months, the Gospel of the day must be read in the vernacular,
and the congregation must be instructed for at least five min-
utes, despite any custom or pretext to the contrary.

b) At the last Mass on Sundays, however, a set sermon of
at least twenty minutes shall be preached, except in summer,
when a five-minute sermon will suffice.

c) It is strictly forbidden to read a sermon instead of deliv-
ering it from memory.

d ) Let the preacher preach, not himself, but Christ cruci-
fied ; carefully avoiding secular matters, ostentation and theat-
rical display, such as musical accompaniment, spot-lights and
other histrionic arts.

LIII.

' a) Four times a year, on stated days, sermons shall be
preached against the evils of mixed marriage and divorce.

b) Priests shall also frequently, both from the altar and in
the confessional, warn the faithful of the danger of reading
books, magazines and newspapers that are detrimental to faith
and morals, and shall exhort them to read literature published
with the sanction of the Church authorities.

c ) Let there be frequent exhortations against the drink evilj
improper dances, moving picture theatres and bad shows,

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LIV.

A diseutiendis publice rebus politicks, prcsertim in ecclesia,
sacerdotes sedulo abstineant.

LV.

In omnibus exsequiis brevis sermo occasioni accommodatus
fieri potest ; oratores sacri tamen a defuncto laudanclo absti-
neant.

LVI.

Quae de sacro suggestu vel ab altari sequenti die dominica,
aut festo annuntianda sunt, in libro ad id reservato describan-
tui , ct ad nuntios religiosos vel dioecesanos vel paroeciales
atque ad res ab Ordinario determinatas restringantur.

LVI I.

Litterae episcopales circum dioecesim dimissae, si ad popu-
lum spectant, in unaquaque paroecia, inter singularum Missarum
solemn ia. die vel diebus determinatis, integrae sunt legendae.

LVI II.

b.am methodum pecuniam in subsidium seminarii nostri quo-
tannis colligendi jam per annos fere centum feliciter usitatam,
adamussim servare cupientes, mandamus ut in unaquaque paroe-
cia parochus, vel sacerdos designatus, tot collectores constituat.
bbris contributionum instructos, quot requirantur ut omnes fide-
lium domos familiasque invisitare possint, et singulis occasionem
praebeant in banc piam causam stipem pro facultatibus con-
ferendi.

LIX.

Unusquisque parochus, in cujus paroecia degunt seminaris-
tae. aestate exacta. litteras clausas, quae indicia referant de
moiibus eoriim, de vestitu, de sacramentorum frequentatione,
de assiduitate in functionibus religiosis feriatis diebus. Rectori
Seminarii remittcre tenetur.

LX.

Sacei dotes vocationes turn ad sacrum sacerdotium turn ad
vitam religiosam sedulo foveant.

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LIV.

Public discussions of political matters shall be carefully
avoided by priests, especially in church.

LV.

At all funerals, a short appropriate discourse may he deliv-
ered ; preachers, however, should avoid eulogizing the deceased.

LVI.

i he announcements to be made from the pulpit or altar on
the coming Sunday or holy day shall be entered into a book
reserved for the purpose. They shall he strictly confined to
leligious notices: diocesan or parish notices, and matters speci-
fied by the Ordinary.

LVII.

Ciiculai episcopal letters, if intended for the public, must
be read in their entirety in every parish church at all the Masses
on the day or days appointed.

LVI II.

Desirous of preserving inviolate the method of collecting
money yearly for the maintenance of our Seminary, a method
which has been now in use for almost a century, with the hap-
piest results, We command that in every parish the rector or
designated priest appoint as many collectors, adequately sup-
plied with collection hooks, as are necessary, so that all homes
and families of the faithful can he visited and an opportunity
given to each peison to contribute according to his means to
this worthy cause.

LIX.

I- very rector having ecclesiastical seminarians in his parish
is bound to send to the Rector of the Seminary at the end of
each summer a sealed letter containing information regarding
their conduct, dress, frequentation of the Sacraments, and
attendance at religious services during vacation.

LX.

Priests should zealously foster vocations to both the holy
priesthood and the religious life.

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LXI.

Omnes parentes catholici filios suos filiasque ad scholas par-
oeciales mittere tenentur, nisi catholicae eorum educationi in
aliis scholis catholicis vel domi sufficienter et evidenter provisum
fuerit. Ad alias scholas filios mittere illis non licet, nisi adsit
gravis causa, et cautelae opportunae et remedia necessaria adhi-
beantur ad fidem moresque liberorum servandos. Ordinarii est
judicare quid requiratur ut schola habeatur catholica.

LXI I.

Juxta praescripta Concilii Plenarii Baltimorensis Tertii et
traditum morem hujus dioecesis, unaquaeque paroecia pro alum-
nis suis educandis in scholis catholicis elementariis, et etiam in
scholis catholicis mediis, expensas solvat. Taxam ad hoc exi-
gere sive ab alumnis, sive ab alumnorum parentibus vel tutoribus
districte prohibetur.

LXIII.

Extra urbem Philadelphiam regionemque scholasticam cum
eadem conjunctam, in locis centralibus in quibus catholici fre-
quentiores inhabitant, novae catholicae mediae scholae inter-
paroeciales, modo si desint, condantur oportet, praevia tamen
habita scripta Ordinarii licentia.

LXIV.

In urbe Philadelphia et in regione scholastica eacum con-
nexa, nulli paroeciae soli, nec pluribus paroeciis in unum con-
junctis, eis exceptis quae jam expressam licentiam ab Ordinario
acceperint, licet scholam mediam cujusvis generis, vel sub quo-
cunque nomine, aperire aut administrare.

LXV.

Paroeciae Philadelphiae et alibi cursus habentes institu-
tionuni mercaturae recte gerendae, eos retinere possunt ; sed
sine Ordinarii permissu scriptis expresso non licet novum talem
condere cursum.

LX VI.

C um nova paroecia erigitur, parochus vel vicarius oeconomus
quamprimum agat ut schola paroecialis aperiatur. Interea par-

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LXI.

All Catholic parents are obliged to send their children to
parochial schools, unless their Catholic education is sufficiently
and manifestly provided for in other Catholic schools or at
home. They must not send their children to other schools unless
there be a grave reason, and unless due precautions be taken,
and proper remedies be applied for the preservation of the faith
and morals of the children. It is for the Ordinary to judge
what constitutes a Catholic school.

LXII.

According to the prescriptions of the Third Plenary Council
of Baltimore, and the traditional custom of this diocese, each
parish itself shall pay for the education of its pupils in the
Catholic elementary schools and also in the Catholic high
schools. It is strictly forbidden to exact a fee from the pupils
or from the parents or guardians of the pupils for this purpose.

LXIII.

Outside of the City of Philadelphia and the educational zone
connected with it , additional inter-parochial Catholic high
schools, if now lacking, should be established in the larger cen-
ters of Catholic population, with, however, the written consent
of the Ordinary.

LXIV.

In Philadelphia and the educational zone connected with it,
no individual parish or group of parishes, save those which
have already received express authorization from the Ordinary,
may open or conduct a high school of any kind, or under any
name whatsoever.

LXV.

Parishes in Philadelphia and elsewhere conducting two-year
commercial courses may continue to do so; but, without the
explicit permission of the Ordinary in writing, no new com-
mercial course may be established.

LX VI.

When a new parish is formed, the rector or administrator
shall proceed as soon as possible to the opening of a parochial

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oeciae pueris permittatur ut adeant, sicut antea, scholam, vel
scholas paroeciae, vel paroeciarum, ex quibus formata est nova
paroecia. Expensas, propter istos ab antiquiori paroecia, vel
paroeciis, post novam paroeciam erectam solutas, nova paroecia,
juxta conventum a sacerdotibus, quorum interest, amice initum,
solvat.

LX VI I.

Cum Status Pennsylvaniae leges de scholis dies scholasticos
ad minimum centum octoginta exigant, nulli paroeciae, vel alii
auctoritatem localem habenti, licet ferias indicere, sine scripto
permissu Praefecti dioecesani scholarum ; neque licet diem feria-
tum dare tamquam compensationem, cum dies liber, regulis offi-
cialibus pro scholis paroecialibus permissus, in sabbatum, vel
diem dominicum vel diem lege feriatum, vel diem pro mensis
nummulariis vacantem, inci (lit.

LX VI II.

Pueri nigritae catholici et fi 1 i i parentum ad paroeciam sic
dictam linguae alienae pertinentium, qui nimia distantia a pro-
pria schola habitant, in scholam paroecialem proximam admitti
debent. Si de distantia, de qua supra, oriatur aliquod dubium,
quaestionem dirimat Praefectus clioecesanus scholarum.

LX IX.

ixlunus scholasticos docendi christianam doctrinam non est
integrum scholarum magistris relinquendum, etiamsi sint reh-
giosi vel religiosae: sacerdotes ipsi classes scholae paroeciahs
singulas catechesim doceant, saltern singulis hebdomadis.

LXX.

Una({uaeque paroecia scholam (juam diei dominici, dicunt,
hahere tenetur.

LXX I.

Nulli personae, vel societati. licet tenere nomine suo et jure
paroecialem ecclesiam. paroecialem scholam. paroecialem con-
ventum. paroecialem donium presbyteralem, coemiterium, vel
alia quaecunque ecclesiastica bona, sivc realia, sive personalia,
quales sunt paroeciales obligationes, paroeciales actiones, paroe-

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school. Meanwhile, its children shall he permitted to attend, as
formerly, the school or schools of the parent parish or parishes.
Any expense after the erection of the new parish incurred by
the old parish or parishes because of such attendance shall be
paid by the new parish according to an amicable arrangement
between the priests concerned.

LX VI I.

Inasmuch as the school laws of the State of Pennsylvania
exact a yearly minimum of one hundred and eighty school da\s,
no rector or other local authority may grant a holiday without
the written permission of the Diocesan Superintendent of
Schools; nor may a holiday be given by way of compensation
when a free day, allowed by the official regulations for parish
schools, falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, including
bank holidays.

LX VIII.

Catholic colored children and Catholic children of parents
belonging to a so-called foreign language parish, who live at
too great a distance from their own school, must be leceived
into the parish school nearest to them. In case of doubt con-
cerning the above-mentioned distance, a decision shall be made
by the Diocesan Superintendent of Schools.

LXIX.

The task of instructing school children in Christian doctrine
must not he left entirely to the school teachers, even though
they he religious; the priests themselves shall also give cate-
chetic.il instruction at least once a week to every class of the
parish school.

LXX.

Everv parish is obliged to conduct a Sunday school.

LX XI.

No person or corporation may hold in his or its own name
and right a parish church, school, convent, rectory, cemetery, or
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ciales hypothecae, ])aroecialia chirographa, ad quae acquirenda
fideles quoquo modo, id est, vel ex toto vel ex parte, quidquid
contulerunt. Tituli totius paroecialis proprietatis cujusvis gen-
eris penes ( )rdinarium exclusive collocandi sunt.

LXXIL

Nulli sacerdoti licet contractum qui obligationem paroecialem
causat subscribere; neque contractum, rite ab Ordinario perfec-
tum, mutare; haec jura Ordinario exclusive reservantur. Istae
regulae attinent non solum ad contractum cum redemptore gen-
erali factum, sed etiam ad contractus factos cum aliis sui iuris
redemptoribus minoribus. (Contractus a redemptore generali
cum aliis minoribus redemptoribus initi ad ipsos exclusive per-
tinent.)

LXXIIT.

Nullus sacerdos est Archiepiscopi procurator legalis, nec
potest Archiepiscopum obligare ; propterea nulli sacerdoti licet
subscribere, vel alio modo architect testimonium approbare de
cpere confecto. Ei tamen licet ad aedes Cathedrales pro nego-
tiis agendis remittere suam scriptam sententiam de utilitate
architecti testimonium, de opera in aedificiis paroecialibus
impensa, accipiendi.

LXXIV.

Nulli parocho, vel vicario oeconomo, licet e paroeciae pecu-
niis erogare per unum annum, praeterquam pro expensis occur-
rentibus, summam quingentis scutatis majorem, sine permis.su
Ordinarii scriptis expresso.

LXXV.

Parochi et vicarii oeconomi debent habere Ordinarii scrip-
tam licentiam ut pecunias paroeciae in actionibus, obligationibus,
hypothecis. et aliis cautionibus collocent; omnes hujus generis
negotiationes per medium Officii Cathedralis fieri debent.

LXXVI.

Nulli parocho, vel vicario oeconomo, licet paroeciam sibi
debitricem reddere, mutuum paroeciae dando vel aliter; neque
illi licet, sine expressa Ordinarii licentia in scriptis, mutuas

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bonds, parish stocks, parish mortgages, parish notes, for the
acquisition of which the faithful have in any way, that is, in
full or in part, contributed. The titles of all parish property of
whatsoever kind must be vested in the Ordinary exclusively.

LXXII.

No priest may sign a contract creating a parish obligation ;
nor may he change a contract once duly executed by the Ordi-
nary ; these rights are reserved exclusively to the Ordinary.
This regulation applies not only to the contract with the general
contractor, but also to contracts with lesser independent con-
tractors. (Subcontracts, because they are made under the gen-
eral contract, are the exclusive concern of the general contractor
and his subcontractors.)

LXXIII.

No priest is a legal agent of the Archbishop; nor can he
obligate the Archbishop ; accordingly he may not sign nor other-
wise endorse an architect’s certificate. He may, however, send
to the Cathedral Office a written opinion of the advisability of
accepting the architect’s certificate for work on parish buildings.

LXXIV.

No rector or administrator may expend from parish funds
in one year, for othei than current expenses, an amount exceed-
ing five hundred dollars, without the express permission in
writing of the Ordinary.

LXXV.

Lectors and administrators must secure the written permis-
sion of the Ordinary to invest parish funds in stocks, bonds,
mortgages, and other securities; and all negotiations of this
nature must be carried on through the Cathedral Office.

LXXVI.

No rector or administrator may place his parish in debt to
himself by loans to the parish or otherwise; nor may he, with-
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pecunias pro paroecia sumere a niensa nummularia, societate,
vel persona privata. Si has leges violaverit, ipse oneratus
maneat ; paroecia autem a qualihet ohligatione erit libera.

LXXVI1.

Permissio ah Ordinario data mutuum usui paroeciae sum-
endi. potestatem chirographa paroecialia vel hypothecas suhscri-
bencli, parocho, vel vicario oeconomo, non facit; jus ad hoc
( )rdinario exclusive reservatur.

LXXVIII.

a) Parocho, vel vicario oeconomo, interdicitur ne in pro-
prium usum pecunias a paroecia mutuas sumat ; neve alii, ne
paroeciae alii quidem, pecunias paroeciales, in quemcunque
linem mutuas (let.

b) Interdicitur etiam cuilibet sacerdoti ne usui suo mutuum
quaerat ; neve ab aliis pecuniam depositam accipiat ; neve partes
])rocuratoris, vel administratoris bonorum, sive mobilium sive
immobilium, laicorum agat.

LXXIX.

Nullus parochus, vel vicarius oeconomus, potestatem habet
debita solvendi per seipsum ex pecuniis quae pro paroecia vel
chirogra])his vel hypothecis acceptae fuerunt. Istae pecuniae
penes Officium Cathedrale deponendae sunt; et rationibus debi-
torum ex clictis pecuniis satisflat perscriptionibus ah Ordinary
subscriptis.

LX XX.

( )fficiales Status mensis nummulariis investigandis prae-
positi, et argentarii ipsi exigunt, ut sors chirographorum et
hypothecarum deminuatur aliquoties, praesertim cum faentts
solvendum est ; hoc omittere dioecesis aeque ac paroeciae fldei
injuriam aflfert. Proinde dtiobus saltern vel tribus diebus ante
diem constitutum quo chirographum solvendum est, parochus,
vel vicarius oeconomus, perscriptionem pro sortis imminutione
et pro mutuorum vel hypothecarum debito faenore ad Aedes
Cathedrales pro negotiis agendis remittat.

loans for the parish from a bank, corporation, or private indi-
vidual. If he violate these laws, he shall be personally respon-
sible, and the parish shall be free from all obligation.

LXXVII.

Permission granted by the Ordinary to secure a loan for
parish purposes does not authorize a rector or administrator to
sign parish notes or parish mortgages ; this right is reserved
exclusively to the Ordinary.

LXXVIII.

a ) It is forbidden for a rector or administrator to borrow
from his parish any of its funds for his own use; or to lend
parish funds to another, even to a parish, for any purpose
whatsoever.

b) It is also forbidden for any priest to seek loans for his
own use, to accept from others the custody of money; or to
act as attorney-in-fact or administrator of property, movable or
immovable, of lay persons.

LXXIX.

No rector or administrator is authorized to make payments
personally from funds obtained for the parish through notes
or mortgages. These funds are to he deposited with the Cathe-
dral Office, and bills shall he paid out of said funds by checks
signed by the Ordinary.

LXXX.

Mate Bank Examiners and the banks themselves require
that a reduction be made occasionally, especially when interest
•alls due, on the principals of notes and mortgages; neglect in
this matter impairs the credit of the diocese as well as of the
parish. Hence, at least two or three days before a note falls
due, the rector or administrator shall send to the Cathedral
Office a check for the reduction of the principal and also for
the interest due on loans or mortgages.

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LXXXI.

Pecuniae paroeciales apud mensas nummularias depositae
clare in libris pecuniarum depositarum et in mensae libellis ut
paroeciales designentur oportet ; super nomine parochi, vel
vicarii oeconomi, in subscripti nominis chartis hoc adnotetui .
“All funds in this account belong to the Church of N ’

LXXXII.

Parochi et vicarii oeconomi aedificium paroeciale erigere
optantes rationem haheant eorum quae sequuntur et requi r un-
til r :

a) Scriptis fiat petitio ad Ordinarium pro dicto opere quae
sequentia contineat :

1 — locum, naturam, materiam, dimensiones, et aedificii pro-
positi sumptus probal >iles ; item, si novis areis opus sit, earum
situm, dimensiones, prohahiles sumptus;

2 — quae sit in aerario summa, et quis reditus totius anni
calendarii proxime elapsi ;

3 — quis sit lotus familiarum catholicarum numerus;

b) Scriptis haheatur ah Ordinario tale opus suscipiendi per-
missio, et si opus sit. pecunias rnutuas sumendi. Mutua intuitu
operis sumenda lie triginta quinque partes pro centum totius
sumptus superent ;

c) Permissio aedificium paroeciale erigendi, vel fundi pro
paroecia acquirendi praesumit paroeciam debitis liheram esse,
et summam sexaginta-quinque partium pro centum totius sump-
tus in paroeciali esse aerario;

d) Cum permissio aedificandi data fuerit, nomina trium
saltern architect* )i*uni triumque aedificatorum ad lihrarium Com-
missionis aedihus erigendis praepositae pro approhatione sunt
deferenda. Parocho, vel vicario oeconomo, tunc licehit archi-
tectum et aedificatorcm ex illis a Commissione approhatis
seligere.

c) Cum species operis suscipiendi et index singularum par-
tium fuerint perfect!, eorumdem exemplar, ins])iciendi et appro-
handi causa, ad unumquemque ex tribus sociis Commissioms
aedihus erigendis praepositae mittendum est, duabus saltern
hebdomadis ante statutum cjusdem conventum. qui secunda

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LXXXI.

Parish funds deposited in banks should be clearly desig-
nated in pass books and bank books as parochial; signature
cards should be marked over the signature of the rector or
administrator: “All funds in this account belong to the Church

LXXXII.

Rectors or administrators of parishes desirous of erecting
a parish building shall bear in mind the following requirements :

a) let a written petition to the Ordinary be made for this
work, and let it contain the following :

1 — the location, character, materials, dimensions and prob-
able cost of the proposed building; also the location, dimensions
and probable cost of new ground, if needed;

2 — the amount of money in the parish treasury and the total
parish income for the last calendar year ;

3 — the total number of Catholic families;

b) the Ordinary's written permission must be had to under-
take such work and also to borrow funds, if necessary; loans
for this purpose must not exceed 35% of the total cost;

c) permission to erect a parish building, or to acquire prop-
erty for the parish, shall presuppose that the parish is free from
debt: and that an amount equal to 65% of the estimated cost
of the undertaking is in the parish treasury ;

d ) if permission to build is granted, the names of at least
three architects and of three builders should be sent to the
Secretary of the Diocesan Building Committee for approval by
it. The rector or administrator may then select the architect
and the builder from those approved by this committee;

c ) when the plans and specifications are completed, a copy
of the same should be sent for inspection and approval to each
of the three members of the Building Committee, at least two
■weeks in advance of their stated meeting, which is held on the
second Friday of each month; and the Building Committee

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feria sexta cujusque men sis habetur; et Commissio certior fieri
clebet, sine nimia mora, de summa licitationis acceptae.

LXXXIII.

a) Exceptis illis, quae eollectae dioecesanae vocantur, omnes
pecuniae acceptae ex scam no rum locatione, ex annuis subscrip-
tionibus paroecialibus, ex collectis quae diebus dominicis et aliis
temporibus fiunt, ex legatis, donationibus, et similibus, ex quo-
libet fonte, ad paroeciam pertinent, et debent omnes in paroe-
cialibus adversariis et maiori codice sine mora adnotari.

b) In eisdem adversariis et codice majori fieri debet accu-
lata et completa relatio omnium pecuniarum ex aerario paroe-
ciali expensarum.

LXXXIV.

Interdicitur ne habcatur secretarius paroecialis.

LXXXV.

Ouotannis ante primum diem, vel ipso die primo, mensis
Februarii, parochus, vel vicarius oeconomus, Officio Cathedrali
leddat rationem de anno proxime elapso, conti nentem relationem
omnium pecuniarum acceptarum et impensarum, simul cum
lelatione omnium bonorum paroecialium et debitorum, juxta
foimulam typis impressam ex praefato Officio emissam. Census
iste omnia praedicta comprehendens, sicut et relatio de spirit-
ualibus, debet accuratis numeris confici ; omnesque lineac
vacuae specificis debent responsis compleri.

LXXXVI.

it) In unaqtia(|tie paroccia parochus, vel oeconomus, omnium
paroeciae bonorum immobilium inventarium, in peculiari libro
(baitae duraturae, fortisque ligaturae, quamprimum conficiat.

b) Describat accurate omnia bona immobilia, turn aream
turn aedes, sedulo indicans eorum situm, dimensiones, structurae
materias, uti in tabulis comitatus tabularii consignantur.

/ ^ Omnia coemeteria, situ et dimensionibus exacte indicatis,
in indice referantur; et indicetur quomodo eadem cingantur an
saeptis ligneis, vel fili metallici, vel cancellorum ferreorum, an
muro, saepi viva, aut alio modo.

should be, without undue delay, informed of the amount of
the successful bid.

LXXXIII.

a) Except so-called diocesan collections, all moneys received
as pew rent, yearly parish dues, collections on Sundays and
other occasions, legacies, contributions, and such like from any
source whatsoever, belong to the parish and must all be entered
without delay into the parish day book and ledger.

b) An accurate and complete record must be kept in the
same day book and ledger of all moneys expended from the
parish treasury.

LXXXIV.

A parish secretary is forbidden.

LXXXV.

On or before the first of February of each year the parish
rector or administrator shall send to the Cathedral Office a
report covering the last year and comprising a financial state-
ment of all money received and paid out, together with a state-
ment of the assets and liabilities of the parish, according to the
printed form sent out from the above-mentioned office. Statis-
tics embracing all this, as well as the spiritual report, must be
given in accurate figures ; and all blank spaces must be filled in
with specific replies.

LXXXVI.

a) In every parish, the rector or administrator shall com-
pile as soon as possible, in a special book of durable paper and
with strong binding, an inventory of all immovable parish
property.

b) He shall accurately describe all immovable parish prop-
erty, both grounds and buildings, carefully indicating their loca-
tion, dimensions, and the materials of structure, as they appear
on the records of the County Recorder of Deeds.

c) All cemeteries shall be listed, with their location and
dimensions exactly indicated ; and it shall also be stated how
the same are enclosed, whether by fence of wood, of wire, of
bars of iron, or by wall, hedge, or otherwise.

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d) Item in inventario accurate adnotentur omnes cautiones
indemnitatis bonorum ecclesiasticorum ; et cautiones ipsae apud
Officium Cathedrale deponendae sunt.

e) Ouoties nova bona immobilia acquisita fuerint, statim in
Libro Inventario adnotentur. Omnes Libri Inventarii adnota-
tiones diem adscriptam referre debent, ac oportet eos a parocho.
vel vicario oeconomo sua manu subscribi.

f ) Exemplar istius inventarii a parocho, vel vicario oeco-
nomo, paretur, ab eodem subscribatur, die data subset iptionis,
consignetur sigillo paroeciae, et ad Officium Cathedrale quan-
tocius remittatur.

cj) Ouoties nova bona immobilia paroecialia cujusvis gen-
eris acquisita fuerint, non solum in inventario adnotentui, sed
etiam acquisitio eorundem Officio Cathedrali significari debet,
lit in exemplari apud idem Officium custodito adnotentur.

li) Kegulae hujus numeri respiciunt etiam bena mobilia
specialis, extraordinarii valoris.

LXXXVII.

a) Cum parochus, vel vicarius oeconomus, sua paroecia
motus est, novusque parochus, vel vicarius oeconomus, in ejus
locum suffectus est, tarn novus parochus, vel vicarius oecono-
mus, quam antecessor proximus insimul omnes libros paroe-
ciales, inter quos libros mensae nummulariae paroeciales, libros
perscriptionum paroeciales, perscriptionesque solutas, libros
nuntiorum paroeciales, examinent. Si post inspectionem dili-
gentem novus parochus, vel vicarius oeconomus, satis habet
omnia bene constare, novus parochus, vel vicarius oeconomus,
et antecessor insimul libros post ultimas adnotationes subscri-
bant. Sin autem novus parochus, vel vicarius oeconomus, cen-
seat aliquem ex libris paroecialibus non esse recte compositum,
ilium ne subscribat, et ea quae invenerit, ad Archiepiscopum
statim referat, cujus sententiam expectet.

b) Si paroecia morte viduata est, novus parochus, sine nimia
mora omnes libros paroeciales examinet, et si quern defectum
in paroecialibus registris, vel libris oeconomicis invenerit, ad
Archiepiscopum referat.

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d) All insurance policies covering parish property shall
likewise be accurately recorded in the Inventory ; and the poli-
cies themselves shall be deposited with the Cathedral Office.

e) Whenever new immovable property is acquired, it shall
be recorded at once in the Inventory Book. All entries in the
Inventory Book must be dated and signed by the rector or
administrator, in his own handwriting.

/) A duplicate of this Inventory shall be prepared by the
rector or administrator, signed by him under proper date and
attested with the parish seal, and shall he sent as soon as pos-
sible to the Cathedral Office.

g) Whenever new parish immovable property of any
description is acquired, it must not only be listed in the parish
Inventory, but its acquisition must also be made known to the
Cathedral Office, for entry into the copy of the Inventory there
kept.

//) The regulations in this number apply also to movable
property of special, extraordinary value.

LXXXVII.

a) When a rector, or administrator, has been changed and
a new rector, or administrator, has been appointed in his place,
both the outgoing and the incoming rectors, or administrators,
shall together examine all parish books, including parish bank
books, parish check books and cancelled checks, parish an-
nouncement books. If, after a careful inspection, the incoming
head of the parish is satisfied that all is in proper order, the
outgoing and the incoming rectors, or administrators, shall
together sign the books after the last entries. If the incoming
rector, or administrator, shall he dissatisfied with any of the
parish books, he shall refrain from signing it, and shall report
his findings immediately to the Archbishop and await his
decision.

b) Ji the parish become vacant by death, the new rector
shall without undue delay examine all parish books and report
to the Archbishop any defect in parish registers or accounts
which he may have discovered.

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LXXXVIII.

a) Nullus sacerdos permittat ut suo nomine aut suae paroe-
ciae titulo designetur societas aedibus erigendis mutuisque dan-
dis constituta.

b ) Nulla paroecialis athletarum societas sacro nomine desig-
netur.

LXXXIX.

Sal vis ])raescriptis canonum 621-624 Codicis Juris Canonici,
omnibus ])rivatis, tarn clericis quam laicis, interdicitur ne pecu-
nias, etsi pro piis causis vel usibus ecclesiasticis, in hac dioecesi
colligant, neve subnotationes pro periodicis, ephemeridibus, vel
libris quaeritent. nisi scriptis licentiam Sanctae Sedis, aut pro-
prii Ordinarii et Ordinarii loci habeant.

Ex mandato Emi. ac Revmi, Archieppi,

HUGO L. LAMB,
Secretarius Svnodalis.

LXXXVIII.

a) No priest shall permit his own name or the title of his
parish to be used as the name of a building and loan association.

b) No parish athletic club may bear a sacred name.

LXXXIX.

Without prejudice to the prescriptions mentioned in Canons
621-624 of the Code of Canon Law. all private persons, whether
clerics or laymen, are forbidden to collect in this diocese funds,
even for charitable or ecclesiastical purposes, or to solicit sub-
scriptions for Catholic periodicals, magazines, or books, unless
they have the written permission of the Holy See, or of their
own and also of the local Ordinary.

By order of the most Em. and most Rev. Archbishop.

H. L. LAMB,

Secy of the Synod.

T.

Facultates ab Ordinario Concessae
Clero Philadelphiensi

Jure nostro ordinario atque jure nobis a Sedc Apostolica dele-
gate concedimus sequentes facultates intra fines hujus dioecesis usque
ad revocationem valituras.

1 . Administrandi, servatis de jure servandis, omnia sacramenta,
Confirmatione et Ordine exceptis.

2 . Assistendi valide, etsi non sis parochus, sed mere vicarius
cooperator, omnibus matrimoniis infra limites paroeciac cui pro tem-
pore addictus es, cum potestate subdelegandi alium determinatum
sacerdotem ad matrimonium determinatum infra eosdem limites.
(Cod., Canon 1096.)

3 . Adhibendi in baptismo adultorum. justa de causa, cacrc-
monias pro baptismo infantium praescriptas. (Cod., Canon 755, § 2.)

4 . Conferendi baptismum privatim, (i. e. absque caeremoniis
adhibendis ante collationem baptismi), juxta breviorem formulam a
Sancta Sede approbatam, haereticis qui in adulta aetate baptizentur
sub conditione. (Cod., Canon 759, § 2.) (Indult. S. Cong, de Sac., 21,
Jan. 1929.)

5 . Celebrandi bis in Dominicis et Festis de praecepto si alias
pars notabilis fidelium Missae adstarc non possit. (Cod., Canon 806.)

6. Satisfaciendi, justa de causa, alia die ab ea qua jure ad-
stringeris, obligation!’ applicandi Missam pro populo. (Cod., Canon
466, § 3.)

7 . Audiendi confessiones fidelium utriusque sexus ; non vero
Rcligiosarum, nisi ad hoc a Nobis fueris deputatus, vcl, nisi agatur
de casibus in Cod., Can. 322, 323, 882 citatis.

8. Absolvendi in foro sacramcntali a censuris Ordinario jure
rcservatis, exceptis iis provenientibus e delictis sequentibus :

(a) matrimonio attentato coram ministello acatholico;

(Cod., Canon 2319.), (Cone. Plen. Balt. Ill, No. 127);

(Cod.. Canon 2319.), (Cone. Pint. Balt. Ill, No. 127);

(b) matrimonio attentato post divortium civile, ligamine i)rioris
legitimi matrimonii manente;

(Cone. Pirn. Balt. III. No. 124);

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(c) procuration abortus, effcctu secuto. (Cod., Canon 2330, § 1.)

9 . Absolvendi in foro sacramentali, injuncta salutari poenitentia,
a censuris omnibus Ordinario jure reservatis, supradictis non exceptis,
toto tempore quo praeceptum paschale adimpleri potest vel quo
sacrae missiones ad populum habentur (Cod., Can. I 99 > § I-)

10 . Absolvendi in foro interno et in casibus occultis a censuris
Sedi Apostolicae simpliciter reservatis. (Cod., Can. 2237, § 2.)

11 . Absolvendi in foro externo ab excommunicatione conversos
ab haeresi vel schismate vel apostasia, post abjurationem juridice
factam, nempe coram te tanquam Nostro Delegato et duobus testibus,
emissamque professionem fidei. (Post supradictam absolutionem
quilibet confessarius absque speciali facilitate a pcccato absolvere
potest.) (Cod., Can. 2314, § 2.)

12 . Praedicandi verbum Dei, annuente parocho, in ecclesiis
paroecialibus. (Cod., Can. 1341.)

13 . Dispensandi, etsi non sis parochus, poenitentes in casibus
singularibus, justa de causa, a lege communi abstinentiae et jejunii.
(Cod.. Can. 1243, § I.)

14 . Benedicendi, etsi non sis parochus, paramenta et alia uten-
silia ad Missae Sac.rificium et ad cultum liturgicum necessaria, ubi
non intervenit sacra unctio. (Cod., Can. 1304, § 4.)

15 . Benedicendi solcmniter sacras imagines publicae venerationi
exponendas (Cod., Can, 1274, § 4.).

16 . Dispensandi a votis privatis non reservatis. (Cod., Can. 1309,
T 3 I 3 -)

17 . Celebrandi unam Missam in Coena Domini in domibus
Rcligiosis, facta licentia personis habitualiter in communitate com-
morantibus sese rcficicndi S. Svnaxi, etiam ad adimplendum prae-
ceptum paschale. (Fac. Qttinqncn. S. Cong. Rel. No. 7 .)

18 . Legendi in una Missa tantum ex Passione postremam par-
tem (Altera autem die, etc.) pracmissis: Munda cor mcnm, etc.., et
Sequentia S. Fvangclii, etc., quando in Dominica Palmarum binas
Missas cclebras. (Fac. Qninqucn. S. Cong. Rit. No. 4.)

10 . Benedicendi et imponendi scapularia quinque sub unica
formula, absque rccursu ad Ordinarios seu Congregationes religiosas
compctentes et sine onerc inscriptionis in casibus magni concursus,
tempore cxercitiorum et missionum spiritualium. (Fac. Quinquen.
S. Cong. Rit. No. 7 .)

20 Anticipandi privatam recitationcm Matulini cum Laudibus
ab bora prima post meridiem, quotics adsit rationabilis causa. (Fac,
Qninqncm, S. C. Cone. No. 4.)

II.

FACULTATES

Ipso Juris Codice Sacerdotibus Concessae
in Memoriam Revocantur

Canon 882: |

‘*In periculo mortis omries saccrclotes, licet ad confessiones non
approbati, valide et licite absolvunt quoslibet poenitentes a quibusvis
peccatis aut censuris, quantunivis reservatis ct notoriis, etiamsi prae-
sens sit sacerdos approbatus, salvo praescripto can. 884, 2252.

Canon 2254:

Ҥ 1. In casibus urgentioribus, si nempe censurae latae senten-
tiac exterius servari neqneant sine periculo gravis scandali vel in-
faunae, aut si durum sit poenitenti in statu gravis peccati permanere
per tempus necessarium ut Superior competens provideat, tunc qui-
libet confessarius in foro sacramentali ab eisdem, quoquo modo I

reservatis. absolvere potest, iniuncto onere recurrendi, sub poena
reincidentiae. intra mensem saltern per epistolam et per confessa-
rium, si id fieri possit sine gravi incommodo, reticito nomine, ad
S. Poenitentiariam vel ad Kpiscopum aliumve Superiorem praeditum
facilitate et standi eius mandatis.”

Ҥ 2. Nihil impedit quominus pocnitens, etiam post acccptam,
ut supra, absolutionem. facto quoquc recursu ad Superiorem. alium
adcat confessarium facilitate praeditum, ab eoque, repetita confcs-

sione saltern delicti cum censura, conse(|uatur absolutionem ; qua I

obtenta, mandata ab eodem accipiat, quin teneatur postea stare aliis
mandatis ex parte Superioris supervenientibus.”

Ҥ 3. Quod si in casu aliquo extraordinario hie recursus sit
moraliter impossibilis, tunc ipsemet confessarius. exccpto casu quo
agatur de absolutione censurae de qua in can. 2367. potest absolu-
tionem concedere sine onere de quo supra, iniunctis tamen de iure j

iniungendis, et imposita congrua poenitentia et satisfactione. pro
censura, ita ut poenitens, nisi intra congruum tempus a confcssario
praefiniendum poenitentiam egcrit ac satisfactionem dederit, recidat l

in censuram.”

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Canon 2290:

‘•In casibus occultis urgentioribus. si ex observatione poenae
vindicativae latae sententiae, reus seipsum prodcrct cum infamia et
scandalo, quilibet confessarius potest in foro sacramentali obbga-
tionem servandae poenae suspendere. iniuncto onere rccurrend. sal-
tern intra mensem per epistolam et per confessarium, si id fieri possit
sine gravi incommodo, reticito nomine, ad S. Poenitentiariam vel ad
Episcopum facilitate praeditum et standi eius mandatis.”

Canon 1245:

“Parochi. in casibus singularibus iustaque de causa, possunt
subiectos sibi singulos fideles singulasve familias. etiam extra terri-
torium, atque in suo territorio etiam peregrinos, a lege commum de
observantia festorum itemque de observantia abstinentiae et ieitiim
vel etiam utriusque dispensare. ’

Canon 1043:

“Urgente mortis periculo, locorum Ordinarii, ad consulendum
conscientia e, et. si casus ferat, legitimationi prolis, possunt turn super
forma in matrimonii celebratione servanda, turn super omnibus et
singulis impedimentis iuris ecclesiastici, sive publicis sive occultis.
etiam multiplicibus, cxceptis impedimentis provenientibus ex sacro
presbyteratus ordine ct ex affinitate in linca recta, consummate) matri-
monio, dispensare proprios subditos ubique commorantes et omnes in
proprio territorio actu degentes, remoto scandalo, et, si dispensatio
^oncedatur super cultus disparitate aut mixta religione, praestitis
consuctis cautionibus.”

Canon 1044:

“In eisdem rerum adiunctis de quibus in can. 1043 et solum pro
casibus in quibus ne loci quidem Ordinarius adiri possit, eadem dis-
pensandi facilitate pollet turn parochus, turn sacerdos qui matrimonio.
ad normani can. 1098, n. 2, assistit, turn confessarius, sed hie pro foro
interne in actu sacramentalis confessionis tantum.”

Canon 1045:

Ҥ 1. Possunt Ordinarii locorum, sub clausulis in fine can. 1043
statutis, dispensationcm concedere super omnibus impedimentis de
quibus in cit. can. 1043, quoties impedimentum detegatur. cum iam
omnia sunt parata ad nuptias, nec matrimonium, sine probabili gravis
mali periculo. differri possit usque dum a Sancta Scde dispensatio
obtineatur.”

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Ҥ 2. Haec facultas valcat quoquc pro convalidatione matri-
monii iam contracti, si idem pcriculum sit in mora nec tempos sup-
petat recurrendi ad Sanctam Sedem.”

Ҥ 3. In iisdem rerum adiunctis, eadem facilitate gaudeant
omnes dc quibus in can. 1044, sed solum pro casibus occultis in qui-
bus ne loci quidem Ordinarius adiri possit, vel nonnisi cum periculo
violationis secreti.”

Canon 1046:

Parochus aut sacerdos de quo in can. 1044, dc concessa dispen-
satione pro foro externo Ordinarium loci statim certiorem facial ;
eaque adnotetur in libro matrimoniorum.”

Canon 468:

“Paroclio aliivc sacerdoti qui infirmis assistat, facultas cst eis
concedcndi benedictionem apostolicam cum indulgent ia plenaria in
articulo mortis, secundum formam a probatis lilurgicis libris tradi-
tam. quam benedictionem impertiri ne omittat.”

INDEX

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INDEX

N. B.

1) References are not to pages, but to numbers and their subdivisions.

2) Provincial Council Decrees are indicated with numbers and letters

1*. C. in parentheses.

Abrogated, former statutes and de-
crees 1
Absence from
conferences 2. c
parish 1 4
retreat 3

Absolution of properly disposed
32, c

Access to parish books 22, d
Administrator

Absence from parish of 14. li
Annual visitation of parish of
17

Change of 87, a

of foreign language parish S, a

of lay property 78, b

salary of 11, a

substitute of 15

Agent of Archbishop, no priest
legal 73

Altar linens, care of 28, b
Announcement books, parish 22, f
Announcements on Sundays and
holy days 56
Annual
census 17

report to Cathedral Office 7 ( P. C.) ;
85

retreat of clergy 3
visitation of parish 17
Archbishop, no priest legal agent
of 78

Architect, choice of S3, 3, d
Architect's certificate, endorse-
ment of 73
Arrangements for
marriage 35

new marriage, pendente lite 43. b
Assistant rector
absence from parish of 14. i
empowered to assist at mar-
riages 0

of foreign language parish 8. a

owning or driving automobile 20

salary of 11, a

subject to rector 10, 14, c

substitute of 15

vacation of 14. d

will of 6, a

Athletic clubs, names of 88, b

Attorney-in-fact 78. b
Automobile
driving of 20
ownership of 20
parish 21

priests and religious women in ID

Bad books, warning people against
53, b

Baltimore

Second Plenary Council of
8 (P. C.)

Ihird Plenary Council of 1
Baptism
entry of 22, a
offerings for 12; 13, c, d
Blessed Sacrament
carrying of 28, d
in rectory 28, c
light before 15 (P. C.)

Bonds, parish 22, g; 71; 75
Books, parish
access to 22, d
bank 22, g
check 22. f
custody of 22, c
day S3

entries in 22. a; 83
examination of 87, a
inventory 86
ledger S3

Liber Status Animarum 17
of announcements 22, f
of baptisms 22. a, b, c
of burials 22, a, b, e
of confirmations 22, a. b, e
of marriages 22. a, b, c
Borrowing from parish 78, a
Brothers’ confessors 33
Builder, choice of 82, 3, d
Building and Loan Society name
of 88, a

Building Committee S2, 3, d
Building, requirements for new 82
Burial
Christian 5

recording of 22, a, b, c
Burse for Blessed Sacrament 28,
d, e

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Cancelled checks 22, f
Candles of wax 15 (P. C.)

Canonical reason in request for
dispensation 37, b
Cards, bank signature 81
Cassock, wearing of 4, a
Catholic colored children in schools
68

Catholic schools

foreign language, children in 68
obligation of sending Catholic
children to 61
Cemeteries 86, e
Census 17

Certificate of architect, endorse-
ment of 73

Certificate of reception of Sacra-
ments 22, d

change of rector or administrator
87, a

changing altar linens 28, b
Changing contract 72
Check book stubs, entries in 22, e
Checks, cancelled 22, f
Christian burial cases 5
Christian doctrine, teaching of
8 (P. C.); 69
Church doors open 46
Church property, strr Parish prop-
erty

Ciborium 28, b
Circular Episcopal Letters 57
Clandestinity, documents for prov-
ing 44

Clerical dress 9 (P. C.); 4
Clerical Relief Fund 7, a
Collections

and private persons S9
diocesan 83, a
recording 7 (P. C.); 83, a
seminary 58

Colored children in Catholic schools
68

Commercial courses in schools 65
Communion for sick 30. a
Compensation for outside substi-
tute 16

Conferences, theological 2
( 'onfession

of women and girls, place of 31. a
offerings on occasion of 32, a
tickets for 32, b

Confessors of Brothers, Nuns, Sis-
ters 33
( 'onfirmation
candidates for 25
recording of 22, a. b, c
saint’s name 25, a

Contract
changing 72

obligating parish, signed by Ordi-
nary only 72

Contributions, recording 7 (P. C.);
83, a

Controversies, public 5 (P. C.)
Corporals 28, b
Custody of money 78, b

Dances, improper 13 (P. C.); 53, c
I )ay book, entries in 83
Deaths, recording of 22, a, b, c
Decrees, statutes, revoked 1
Diocesan collections S3, a
Discourse at funerals 55
Dispensation from Eucharistic fast
30, b

Dispensation, matrimonial
canonical reason for 37. b
for marriage of Catholic and Jew
or Mohammedan 36
for marriage of Catholic of Latin
Rite and Greek -Ru then ian 40
in forma pauperum 38
request by lay persons 37. a
request by telephone or tele-
graph 37, a
tax for 37, c

Divine faith and human reason

1 (P. C.)

Division of offerings for baptism
and marriage 12, b
Divorce, sermons against 53, a
Doctrine, teaching of Christian
7 (P. C.); 69

Domestics in rectories 11 (P. C.) ; 5
Doors of Church open 46
Dress, clerical 9 (P. C.); 4
Drink evil, sermons against 53, c
Driving automobile 20

Elementary schools, payment for
tuition in 62

Encyclicals of Roman Pontiff

2 (P. C.)

Endorsement of architect's certifi-
cate 73

English text of statutes 1
Entries in parish books
of expenditures 83, b
of parochial administrations 22,
a, b, c

of receipts, 83, a
signed by rector 22, a
Entries in stubs of parochial check
books 22, e

Examination of parish books 22, d;
87, a

Excommunication 6 (P. C.)
Excursions 12 (P. C.)

Expenditure of parish funds 74
Expenditures, entry of 83, b
Extraordinary confessors of Broth-
ers, Sisters, Nuns 33

Fairs 12 (P. C.)

Faith, profession of 1 (P. C.)
Female servants in rectory 5
Financial report 85
Forbidden societies 6 (P. C-)
Foreign language
children in schools 68
family 8, b, c, d
parish 8

Fund, Clerical Relief 7, a
Funds, parish
investment of 75
from mortgages 79
from notes 79
Funeral
discourse at 55

expenses of deceased priest 49
in church other than proper par-
ish church 4S
offerings for 47
recording of 22, a, b, c
restitution of offerings for 47, c
Furniture, care of church 28. a

Garage, parish 21, c
Gas in churches 15 (P. C.)

Girls' and women’s confessions,
place of 31 , a
Gospel in vernacular 52, a
G reek -Ru then ian. marriage of 40

Hebdomadary 14, a
Heretical books, sermons, worship
14 (P. C.)

High schools

commercial courses in 65
holidays 67
interparochial 63
payment of tuition in 62
Philadelphia 64

Holidays in parochial and high
schools 67

Holy Communion for sick 30, a
Holy Oils 24

Housekeepers in rectories 5

Immodest dances 13 (P. <*.); 53, c
Infallibility of Roman Pontiff
1 (P. C.)

Instructions

at Sunday Masses 52, a
for non-Catholic party to mixed
marriage 34, b

for those about to contract mar-
riage 34, a

Insurance policies 86, d
Interest, payment of 80
Interparochial high schools 63
Inventory of parish property 86
Investment of parish funds 75

Jew party to mixed marriage 36
Jurisdiction of Roman Pontiff
1 (P. C.)

Latin Rite Catholic and Greek-
Ruthenian, marriage of 40
Latin text of statutes 1
Lay persons and
Christian burial cases 5
dispensations 37. a
Holy Oils 24
marriage cases 43, a
Ledger, entries in 83
Legacies, entry of 83, a
Lending parish fluids 78, a
Letters

Circular Episcopal 57
regarding seminarians’ conduct
during vacation 59
Liber Status An imam in 17
Linen for burse 2S, e
Linens, altar 28, b
Loans
parish 76
personal 78. b

Marriage

arrangements for 35
arrangements for new, pendente
lite 43. b

assistant rector officiant at 9
baptismal certificate required for
35

cases to be presented to Curia by
priest 43, a

dispensation for, srr Dispensation
instructions for those about to
contract 34. a

mixed, scr Mixed marriages
night, forbidden 41, b
non-Catholic witnesses at 42
of Catholics, in church 41, c
« »f Catholics in private homes,
hotels, clubs, and the like,
forbidden 41, c

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Marriage

of Catholic of Greek-Ruthenian
Rite with Catholic of Latin
Rite 40

of non-parishioners 39
of poor, gratuitous assistance
at 38

offerings for 12, a, b; 13, c
proof of freedom for 35
recording 22 a, b, c
with Mass an I nuptial blessing
41, a

Mass

hours of 26. b
in chapels 20
midnight 20. a
nuptial 41, a

public, in churches and missions,
26; 27

Ministry outside proper parish, ex-
ercise of 13
Missions

hours for sacred functions in IS, b
visitation of 18, a
Mixed marriage

celebrated in rectory, not else-
where 41, c

instructions for non - Catholic
party 34, h

•lew or Mohammedan party to 36
sermons against 53, a
Mohammedan party to mixed mar-
riage 36

Money at or near church doors.

collecting 15
Mortgages
parish 71, 75

reduction of principal of SO
signing of 77

Moving picture theatres, exhorta-
tions against 53, c

New building, requirements for S2
New parochial school 66
New Rector or administrator 87
Night marriages 41. b
Non-Catholic witnesses to mar-
riage 42

Non -parishioners
baptism of 13, c, d
marriage of 13 , <•; 3!)

Notes, parish
reduction of principal SO
signing of, reserved to Ordinary
77

vested in Ordinary 71
Nuns’ confessors 33

Nuptial blessing and Mass at mar-
riage 41, a

Obligation, parochial, created by
Ordinary only 72

Offerings
division of 12, b

for certificate in proof of con-
fession 32, c
for funeral services 47
on occasion of baptism and mar-
riage 12; 13, c, d
on occasion of sacramental con-
fession 32, a

Oil in sanctuary lamp 15 (P. C.)

Ordinary confessors of Brothers,
Nuns, Sisters 33

Ordinary's permission required, see
Permission of Ordinary

Organist in non-Catholic church
14 (P. C.)

I ’alls, care of 28, b

Parish

bonds, title of 71
books!

access to 22, d
announcement 22, f
bank 22, g
check 22, e, f, g
day and ledger, entries in 83
entries in 22, a, b. c, e; 83
examination of 87, a
cemeteries, title of 71
church, title of 71
convent, title of 71
dues, yearly S3, a
funds

expenditure of 74
in bank 81
investment of 75
lending of 78, a
payment from 79
loans 76
mortgage's

signing of. reserved to Ordinary
77

title of, vested in Ordinary 71
notes

signing of. reserved to Ordi-
nary 77

title of, vested in Ordinary 71
obligation, created by Ordinary
only 72
property
inventory of 86

title of all. invested in Ordinary
exclusively 71

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records

access to 22, d

of parochial administrations 22
rectory 71
secretary 84
stocks, title of 71
visitation of 17
Parochial schools
establishing of S (P. C.)
holidays in 67
in new parish CG
parishes pay for pupils in 62
Permission of Ordinary required for
absence from parish 14, h
retreat 3, a

administering sacraments t o
members of another parish
13, b

assisting at marriage of non-
parishioners 39

borrowing for parish building
82, b

collecting funds 89
erecting parish building S2, a
establishing High School 63
establishing new commercial
course 65

(or of proper rector) exercising
ministry in another parish
13, a

expending, over current expenses,
more than $500.00 in year
from parish funds 74
investing parish funds 75
Mass earlier than 5 o’clock 26
non-Catholic witnesses to mar-
riage 42

parish car 21. a
parish garage 21, c
receiving loans for parish 76
soliciting subscriptions 89
suspended priests to exercise
sacred functions in diocese 23
Perquisites
how divided 12, b
in common fund 12. a
Personal accounts and moneys of
priests 22, g
Pew rent 83, a
Philadelphia

First Provincial Council 1
High Schools 64
commercial courses in 65
Synodal constitutions I (P. c.)
Picnics 12 (P. C.)

Policies, insurance 86. d

Political matters, public discussion
of 54, d

Poor, gratuitous ministrations to.

12, d; 38
Preaching 52
Priest

and religious women in automo-
bile 19

deceased, funeral expenses of 49
not legal agent of Archbishop 73
teaching of Christian doctrine 69
Priest’s

name and Building and Loan So-
cieties S8, a
will 7 (P. C.); 6, a
Priesthood, fostering of vocations
to 60

Priests dismissed, suspended, or
deprived of priestly office 23
Principal of mortgages and notes so
Private persons collecting money or
soliciting subscriptions 89
Profession of faith 1 (P. C.)
Promulgation of

decrees of First Provincial Coun-
cil of Philadelphia 1
decrees of Third Plenary Council
of Baltimore 1

Property, inventory of parish 86
Property, parish, title vested in
Ordinary 71
Public Mass 26. 27
Pyx for Blessed Sacrament 2.8.
b, d. e

Reading of Circular Episcopal Let-
ters 57

Reading sermon forbidden 52, c.

Real parish property vested in Or-
dinary 71

Reason and divine faith 1 (P. O.)
Receipts, entry in books S3, a
Recording parochial administra-
tions 22, b

Records, access to 22, d
Rector, assistant, Assistant

Rector

Rector of foreign language parish
.8. a
Rector’s

absence from parish 14, b
annual vacation 14, d
duties to assistants 10
salary ll, a
substitute 15
visitation of parish 17
will 6. a

Rectors, change of 87, a
Reduction of principal SO

66

Relief Fund, Clerical 7, a
Religious life, fostering vocations
to 60

Report, annual 7 (P. C.); 85
Requiem funeral Masses, offerings
for 47

Restitution of funeral offerings
47, c

Retreat of clergy, annual 3
Revocation of statutes and decrees 1
Roman Pontiff
encyclicals of 2 (P. C.)
infallibility of 1 (P. C.)
jurisdiction of 1 (P. C.)

Sacraments

administration of, outside par-
ish 13

to non -parishioners 13
certificates of reception of 22, d
tickets for 32, b

Sacred names and athletic clubs
88, b

Safe, fireproof, for parochial rec-
ords 22, c

Saint’s name in Confirmation 25. a
Salary of rectors, administrators,
assistant rectors 11, a
Schools

Catholic colored children in Cath-
olic 6S

high, Philadelphia 64
interparochial 63
obligation of sending Catholic
children to Catholic 61
parochial 8 (P. C.)
parochial in new parishes 66
Sunday 70
Secretary, parish 84
Seminarians, letters of rectors con-
cerning 59

Seminary collection 58
Sermons

against drink evil, improper
dances, moving picture the-
atres, bad shows 53, c
against mixed marriages and di-
vorce 53. a

at Sunday Masses 52. b
from memory 52, c
Shows, exhortations against bad
53, c
Sick

dispensed from Kucharistic fast
30. b

frequent TToly Communion for
30, a

Signature cards for bank 81

Singing in non-Catholic churches
14 (P. C.)

Sisters’ confessors 33
Societies forbidden 6 (P. C.)
Soliciting subscriptions 89
Spiritual report 85
Statutes, decrees, revoked 1
Stocks, parish 22, g; 71; 75
Street dress of clergy 4, a
Stubs of parochial check books
22, e. f

Subscriptions, soliciting of 89
Substitute 14, h; 15; 16
Sunday

collections, recording 7 (P. C.) ;

S3, a

hour of Masses 27, a, b
last Mass, sermon at 52, b
Masses, Gospel in vernacular at
52, a

instruction at all 52, a
school 70

vespers in parish churches 51

Tax for matrimonial dispensations
37, c; 38

Telegraph in request for dispensa-
tion 37, a

Telephone in request for dispensa-
tion 37, a

Theatres 10 (P. C.): 53 c
Theological conferences 2
Tickets for Confession or other
sacraments 32, b

Title of all parish property vested
in Ordinary exclusively 71
Title of church and Building and
Loan Society SS, a

Vacation of rectors, administrators,
assistant rectors 14
Vespers, Sunday, in parish
churches 51

Vestments, care of 28, a
Visitation

of mission 18, a
of parish 17

Vocations, fostering of 60

Wills of secular priests 7 (P. (!.)

6, a

Witness to marriage 42
Women’s and girls’ confessions,
place of 31, a

Women, religious, and priests in
automobile 19
Worldly games 10 (P. C.)

Worship, heretical 14 (P. C.)
Writings, controversial 5 (P. C.)
Wax candles 15 (P. C.)